Presidential funeral train: Recalling FDR’s last journey from Georgia…
WEBApr 12, 2019 · Franklin Delano Roosevelt died April 12, 1945, at his retreat in Warm Springs, Georgia, and was transported back to Washington via a funeral train.
FDR's Funeral Train: A Betrayed Widow, a Soviet Spy, and a …
WEBJun 21, 2011 · Weaving together information from long-forgotten diaries and declassified Secret Service documents, journalist and historian Robert Klara exposes the private tensions and conflicts of a journey long shrouded in mystery.
The Somber History of the Presidential Funeral Train
WEBDec 5, 2018 · Following the deaths of presidents, like Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S Grant, James Garfield, William McKinley, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eisenhower, the funeral train’s journey from town to...
FDR's Funeral Train - The History Reader
WEBFDR’s Funeral Train. Late into the afternoon of Thursday, March 29, 1945, the warm, languid breezes blowing off the Tidal Basin carried with them the only promise that Washington, D.C., ever entirely keeps: a summer of voracious humidity. But spring still had a few weeks left; this afternoon’s haze was slight.
More than a Moment for the Nation: The Presidential Funeral of FDR
WEBApr 15, 2020 · Hundreds of thousands of people, many with tears in their eyes, lined the train route carrying his body from Georgia to Washington, D.C., and then on to Hyde Park, to pay their final respects. The casket of Franklin D. Roosevelt is placed onto the funeral caisson at Union Station, Washington D.C. on April 14, 1945. NPx 72-18:411.
FDR: The Long Goodbye - Atlanta Magazine
WEBAug 2, 2010 · Sixty-five years after FDR’s sudden death in Warm Springs, a new book reveals the intrigue and drama aboard his funeral train.
The Presidency: Franklin D. Roosevelt Funeral Train - YouTube
WEBPreview - Full Program Airs September 29, 2013 at 8:30am & 7:30pm ET - For More Information: http://www.c-span.org/History/Events/The-Presidency-Franklin-Roo...
FDR's Funeral Train: A Betrayed Widow, a Soviet Spy, and a …
WEBMar 16, 2010 · FDR's Funeral Train: A Betrayed Widow, a Soviet Spy, and a Presidency in the Balance. Hardcover – March 16, 2010. The April 1945 journey of FDR's funeral train became a thousand-mile odyssey, fraught with heartbreak and scandal.
FDR's Funeral Train: A Betrayed Widow, a Soviet Spy, and a …
WEBJun 21, 2011 · In April 1945, the funeral train carrying the body of Franklin D. Roosevelt embarked on a three-day, thousand-mile odyssey through nine states before reaching the president's home where he was buried.
FDR's funeral train : a betrayed widow, a Soviet spy, and a …
WEBSep 29, 2021 · "In April 1945, the funeral train carrying the body of Franklin D. Roosevelt embarked on a three-day, thousand-mile odyssey through nine states before reaching the president's home where he was buried. It passed with darkened windows; few gave thought to what might be happening aboard.