The U.S. War Department rejected proposals to attack trains to Auschwitz and the death camp itself as “impracticable,” claiming it would require “considerable diversion” of planes needed elsewhere.The ...

Folks headed to Troy for Timberbeast or the smoked ribs at Watson's Market can help Fran and Katie's Giving Tree Christmas Toy Drive. The event began Thursday and runs through Saturday. New toys, ...

Victorian Christmas comes alive at Roosevelt site. By Michelle Kearns Dec 3, 2012 Dec 3, 2012; 0; 1 of 3 ... ornaments and Christmas trees for all of December.

Features notable moments during the early 1940s, including nighttime views of the White House illuminated by large spotlights and the ceremonial lighting of a Christmas tree outside. A poignant ...

President Teddy Roosevelt's greatest contribution to American history was his conservation of wilderness, forests, ... In a 1908 article for Everybody’s Magazine, he recalled how something as ...

On Dec. 24, 1941, just over two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt acknowledged that many Americans might be asking how they could celebrate Christmas “in a ...

President Franklin Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and members of their party leave the White House in Washington on December 25, 1941, for Christmas services at the Foundry Methodist ...

The reason for the absence of a White House Christmas tree during Theodore Roosevelt's presidency isn't abundantly clear, with conservationism and a choice to avoid displaying one as possibilities.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, the United States' 32nd president, had many Christmas traditions with his family and staff during his time in office. Roosevelt even grew Christmas trees on his New York land.

Franklin D. Roosevelt had many Christmas traditions he took part in with his family and White House staff during his time in office. Roosevelt was born in 1882 in Hyde Park, New York, a place he ...

Franklin D. Roosevelt entertains Crown Princess Martha of Norway and King George II of Greece ... Foreign guests were frequently invited to the White House to celebrate Christmas, FDR’s ...