Tools for Educators - Photo Gallery: The Roosevelts
The Roosevelts - President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt disagreed sharply over wartime treatment of Japanese Americans. Their divergent views heightened in relationship to Hawaii.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United States, 1933-1946
FDR and Hawaii Gov. Stainback with Martial Law Governor Gen. Robert Richardson
Eleanor Roosevelt decorates soldiers, 1943
Eleanor speaking her mind to the press
FDR & ER in 4th Inaugural Parade
FDR as the great communicator
FDR shows aging and stress, 1941
FDR concentration camp memo, 1936 (.pdf 975kb)
Eleanor Roosevelt bravely opposed the national policy of Japanese American internment, finding evidence in Hawaii of a better way
Eleanor making friends in Hawaii,1943
Eleanor vocally opposed mass internment
Famous FDR Americanism memo mobilizing 442nd RCT,1943 (.pdf 1.13mb)
FDR as new president in 1932
First Lady on Pacific tour, 1943
FDR war emergency memo, 1942 (.pdf 400kb)