THE ROOSEVELTS

AN INTIMATE HISTORY

THE COMMON CAUSE

THURSDAY, APRIL 30 @ 6:00PM & 11:00PM

By the late summer of 1939, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is halfway through his second term in office. Both he and Eleanor are tired and looking forward to retirement, but when Germany invades Poland on September 2, 1939, everything changes. Although the United States is poorly prepared for conflict, and a majority of his countrymen resist involvement, the President is determined to help the Allies by building up the army and bolstering the production of war planes and armaments.

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