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1933: FDR’s inauguration brings a sense of ‘cautious optimism’ to a Depression-weary Syracuse
Updated Mar 09, 2021;
Posted Mar 09, 2021
- Franklin Roosevelt’s inauguration, March 4, 1933. FDR spoke to a crowd estimated at over 100,000 and millions more on the radio. During his unprecedented four terms, the radio became an important political tool. Roosevelt’s was the last March inauguration. The ratification of the 20th Amendment in 1933 changed the date to January 20th. Courtesy of the Library of CongressCourtesy of the Library of Congr
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By Robert Searing | Curator of History, Onondaga Historical Association
Eighty-Eight years ago, Americans found themselves adrift upon a sea of uncertainty, facing a tidal wave of challenges that threatened to sink the ship of state. Like the pandemic today, this was a global crisis, though not one of viral origins, but one rooted in the economic catastrophe of the stock market crash on Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929