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yellowdogintexas

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2. My mother was 7 when he was first elected

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Apr 13, 2021, 05:50 PM

Apr 2021

and 19 when he died. She told me that it was devastating; everyone her age and younger had no knowledge of any other president. Of course we were still at war as well.

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On this day, April 13, 1945, this was the scene in Atlanta, Georgia: [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2021 OP

Just trying to imagine the FDR impact along that route brings tears to my eyes. empedocles Apr 2021 #1

My mother was 7 when he was first elected yellowdogintexas Apr 2021 #2