In his last speech as President, he inaugurated the spirit of the 1960s More >>>
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Roosevelt felt the country needed “direct, vigorous action” to pull it out of the Depression. More >>>
Badly disguised as Indians, a rowdy group of patriotic vandals kicked a revolution into motion More >>>
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