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...Brown became chairman of the cable television arts network Ovation and continued to serve as chairman of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. As chairman of the Commission, Brown advised on the construction of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the memorial to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the National World War II Memorial.“I think throughout Carter’s professional career, doing things in the highest possible taste and quality was a number one element,” says Cunningham, “and that governed everything he did and he wanted...
Almost 70 years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Class of 1904, and a former Crimson editor, became alarmed by the worsening polio epidemics that were killing or paralyzing thousands of children and adults in the U.S. each year. The nation was deep into the Depression. Money was desperately needed to provide care for polio patients as well as to support research to find a vaccine against the dreaded disease. Roosevelt knew first-hand the devastation caused by polio—he himself was affected by it in 1921, and never walked unaided again...
...trucks started arriving at the White House. First there were 30,000 letters, then 50,000, and 150,000 the next day. Desks, offices, and corridors were buried in mail sacks. A total of 2,680,000 dimes had been sent. With this outpouring of generosity from ordinary Americans, Roosevelt established the nonprofit health agency known today as the March of Dimes. It was a unique grassroots organization that brought together volunteers and scientists from across the country with a common purpose. The March of Dimes went on to become “the gold standard for philanthropies devoted...
...streak that seems hopelessly naive in retrospect. Beard, best known as co-author with his wife, Mary, of An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution, which argued that the founders were operating more out of monetary self-interest than democratic ideals, went on to be a vocal critic of Franklin Roosevelt's efforts to help the Allies during World...
...April 17]. That plane's story was the only relatively "good" news on that horrible day. When passenger Todd Beamer said, "Are you guys ready? Let's roll!" and led those heroes forward in their charge toward the terrorists in the cockpit, he was partly inspired by a Teddy Roosevelt quotation that his wife later found on his desk at home. That speech praised the person "who strives valiantly ? spends himself in a worthy cause ? and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly." This movie honors the passengers' courage, and I will...