Reply #16: When I think of FDR I harken back to my parents & grandparents day [View All]

[Historic NY]

FDR was a living legend that pull them from the deep despair of the depression. He instilled confidence in American and the American worker, despite all the financial and economic problems that plagued this country. FDR lived close by to where we live so it was not uncommon for them to actually bump into him from time to time. He even sent down to a local hot dog place in Newburgh for hot dogs which he feed the King & Queen in 1939. The place, Newburgh lunch still exists. Since my family was involved in Democratic politics some members got to meet him on a regular basis when he was Governor.

What is most important to me is his four freedoms which Norman Rockwell, so well illustrated. I see them and wander back to those days when being a Democrat meant something on the national scene.