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The State of the Union in 1943

1/7/1943

Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the State of the Union Address on January 7, 1943. In his speech, he referred to battles and prominent events from World War II. The United States entered the war in December 1941, and the war continued until 1945.

National Archives, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library

Tags

• World War II
• Presidents
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Speech

Educational Resources

• Teaching With Documents: Documents Related to Churchill and FDR

Additional Resources

• Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
• A "New" FDR Emerges: Historians, Teachers, Authors Take a Fresh, Sometimes Critical, Look at Roosevelt