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January 18, 2013 at 11:11 a.m.  The first president of the
United States that I remember was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. I
remember what were referred to as his “Fireside Chats,” and I
remember the day he died.  That was a sad day for our country
and for the world. Because of his political know-how and his
focus on the country’s recovery from the Great Depression that
had spelled disaster for our country — banks closing, massive
unemployment and all the problems that went along with them — he
was immensely popular.  World War II saw him still in office. He
had gone on to win four terms as president, serving from 1933
until his death on April 12, 1945. I heard the news of his death
on the radio at the home of the lady where I worked at the time.
I remember running to tell her of his death. She cried, and I
had never before found myself needing to console a grown woman.
She had been working in her garden, so I picked up her tools and
put them away,