Reuters Dec. 7, 1941, will always be remembered as “the day which will live in infamy.” The powerful phrase was made by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his Dec. 8 speech to Congress ...

Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United ...

President Franklin Roosevelt called the ... here is the transcript of President Roosevelt’s speech, which he delivered in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 8, 1941—one day after the assault: “Mr ...

User-Created Clip by HoarMcGibbon December 7, 2017 2017-06-17T12:59:10-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/420/20170617130828003_hd.jpgFirst Draft of FDR's speech ...

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first draft of his “Day of Infamy” speech is on display at his former upstate New York estate-turned-museum. The exhibit titled “Day of Infamy: 24 Hours that ...

It was a speech President Franklin D. Roosevelt didn't expect to ... That one-word edit by Roosevelt—from history to infamy—may be one of the most famous of all time, comparable only to ...

On December 8, 1941, the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked, President Franklin D ... Roosevelt swapped "world history" for "infamy," while editing the first draft of the speech by hand.

Seventy-five years after he dictated what would become one of the most famous speeches ever delivered by an American president, Franklin D. Roosevelt's first draft of his "Day of Infamy" speech is ...

But December 8, 1941, was the day of “infamy” – the date when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in a joint ... The whole speech was short, only six minutes or so, and intended to convey ...

A 'date that will live in infamy' With no recourse but to harness the national outrage and declare war on Japan, Roosevelt's speech was short and poignant. "Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date ...

Sparrow is the director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. He wrote this article for the Journal detailing the creation of Roosevelt's historic "Day of Infamy" speech ...