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- Collection: The Great Depression and World War II
Proclamation in recognition and honor of our beloved president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, J.L. Bland, 1945
On April 14, 1945, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was buried in Hyde Park, New York following funeral services at the White House. Roosevelt had been elected four times to the office of President, a feat never matched, and now…
Pres. Truman presents Congressional Medal of Honor to Cpl. Desmond T. Doss, Photograph, 1945
Lynchburg native Desmond T. Doss (1919-2006) was the first conscientious objector to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. A conscientious objector is one who is opposed to serving in the armed forces and/or bearing arms on the grounds of moral…
Parade Celebrating the Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation in Hampton Roads, 1944
The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declared freedom to enslaved people within states that were in rebellion against the United States. All enslaved people in Virginia were to be free, but this could…