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During the month of September, the world is marking the solemn 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist att...
09/11/2026

During the month of September, the world is marking the solemn 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against America that took place in New York City, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. The attacks destroyed the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York City, severely damaged the Pentagon building in Virginia, and resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people.

This section of a steel I-beam was removed from “Ground Zero” at the World Trade Center site after the September 11 attack. It was donated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by the City of New York in 2003. Visit the Wallace Visitor Center to see the I-beam on display through the month of September.

To see more photographs of the I-beam, visit our artifact collection website: https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/18409/section-of-world-trade-center-ibeam

09/10/2026

FDR's Lessons for Today:
In 2021, the Roosevelt Institute and FDR Presidential Library and Museum partnered to host an international, public-facing conference titled Examining American Responses to the Holocaust: Digital Possibilities. This conference examined the contemporary state of Holocaust scholarship, shared and analyzed archival sources, and considered new approaches to research in the fields of Holocaust studies, archives, digital humanities, and data science. This excerpt was the closing statement of Michael Berenbaum’s keynote address.


Watch the entire keynote»
https://www.youtube.com/live/Ln_ASR4nOKk?si=x-e_xQG_zX16L5De

SEE IT NOW!Special Exhibition Highlight:Thomas Paine "Common Sense" octavo (in later wrappers) New York: Anderson, 1776 ...
09/10/2026

SEE IT NOW!
Special Exhibition Highlight:

Thomas Paine
"Common Sense"
octavo (in later wrappers)
New York: Anderson, 1776

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was the most popular printed work of the American Revolution. Its genius was its accessible language and the force of its three core arguments for full independence, the rejection of the monarchy, and the establishment of a democratic republic. Because Paine waived his copyright, multiple colonies were able to rapidly reprint the text. Displayed in the exhibition are two important versions of the work: a Philadelphia edition by his first printer and this uncommon New York edition that appeared a few weeks later.

Photograph by Vincent Dilio. Courtesy of David M. Rubenstein.

Special Exhibition:
DECLARING THE REVOLUTION:
AMERICA’S PRINTED
PATH TO INDEPENDENCE
Historical Works from the
David M. Rubenstein Americana Collection

LEARN MORE: https://www.fdrlibrary.org/exhibitions

SEE IT NOW!Special Exhibition Highlight:Thomas Paine "Common Sense"octavo (bound) Philadelphia: Bell, 1776Thomas Paine’s...
09/04/2026

SEE IT NOW!
Special Exhibition Highlight:

Thomas Paine
"Common Sense"
octavo (bound)
Philadelphia: Bell, 1776

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was the most popular printed work of the American Revolution. Its genius was its accessible language and the force of its three core arguments for full independence, the rejection of the monarchy, and the establishment of a democratic republic. Because Paine waived his copyright, multiple colonies were able to rapidly reprint the text. Displayed in the exhibition are two important versions of the work: this Philadelphia edition by his first printer and an uncommon New York edition that appeared a few weeks later.

Photograph by Vincent Dilio. Courtesy of David M. Rubenstein.

Special Exhibition:
DECLARING THE REVOLUTION:
AMERICA’S PRINTED
PATH TO INDEPENDENCE
Historical Works from the
David M. Rubenstein Americana Collection

LEARN MORE: https://www.fdrlibrary.org/exhibitions

Since we're all celebrating , we thought it was a good time to ask our friends for a little help settling a longstandin...
09/03/2026

Since we're all celebrating , we thought it was a good time to ask our friends for a little help settling a longstanding debate. Here is a fine cabinet card image of John Aspinwall Roosevelt (1840-1909), paternal uncle of FDR. Does this count as a beard?

09/03/2026

What's in Eleanor's Wallet?:
Eleanor Roosevelt, like many of us, had a habit of stuffing her wallet full. Supervisory Curator Herman Eberhardt looks up close at one of the most peculiar items she had in there, out of more of three dozen.

View the full video»
https://www.youtube.com/live/FIMCcLbveDQ?si=yeequWdPWWvJwtvi

09/01/2026

Exciting news!

We remember King Harald of Norway. During World War II, then Prince Harald lived with his parents and sisters in Washing...
08/28/2026

We remember King Harald of Norway.

During World War II, then Prince Harald lived with his parents and sisters in Washington DC, often spending time with the Roosevelts there and in Hyde Park, including the opening of the FDR Library and FDR's 1945 Inauguration.

SEE IT NOW!Special Exhibition Highlight:[Continental Association] The Association Entered into by the American Continent...
08/28/2026

SEE IT NOW!
Special Exhibition Highlight:

[Continental Association]
The Association Entered into by the American Continental Congress in Behalf of all the Colonies
letterpress broadside
Philadelphia: n.p., 1774

In October 1774, the First Continental Congress formed the first multilateral pact between the colonies. Called the Association, this was the fundamental union upon which all future confederation efforts would stand. The Association aimed to pressure Britain by reshaping the American economy through a rigorous “non-importation, non-consumption, and non-exportation agreement.” Its ultimatum: until Parliament repealed the Coercive Acts, the colonies would boycott from Britain “goods, wares or merchandize,” “the slave trade,” and “any East-India tea whatever.”

To ensure internal unity, half of the Association’s fourteen articles established localized oversight mechanisms. For the boycott to succeed, “every county, city, and town” were to form groups “to observe the conduct of all persons.” Committees of Correspondence were asked to “inspect the entries [of] Custom-Houses,” and the names of violators would “be published in the Gazette.” With these instructions, the Association empowered citizens, giving them a role in shaping local governance and commerce. In time, colonial regulators would become administrators.

The Association was America’s first oath of allegiance to a forming nation.

Photograph by Vincent Dilio. Courtesy of David M. Rubenstein.

Special Exhibition:
DECLARING THE REVOLUTION:
AMERICA’S PRINTED
PATH TO INDEPENDENCE
Historical Works from the
David M. Rubenstein Americana Collection

LEARN MORE: https://www.fdrlibrary.org/exhibitions

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