The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, as it was then known, initiated the first March of Dimes campaign in 1938. Credit: March of Dimes Foundation A man helps his child mail their ...

In January 1938, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt created the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (NFIP) – the forerunner of the March of Dimes. Its mission was “to lead, direct, and unify ...

A few more became ill in 1936 and 1937. The disease was first diagnosed as poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis). It was not. The Los Angeles press howled. Doctors were accused of incompetence ...

Larry Becker fell ill with infantile paralysis in summer 1952, when he was 13 years old. Becker spent two and a half years in the hospital undergoing intensive rehabilitation. The March of Dimes ...

• Jackson County native and graduate of Sylva-Webster the Reverend Eugene Ridley announced a Tri-County revival, traveling Jackson, Swain and Haywood counties and the Qualla Boundary. • A day of ...