Pull a dime from your pocket and you will see Pittsburgh written all over it. The inscription simply reads “Liberty” and “In ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born here in 1882 ... In 1921, Roosevelt fell ill and was diagnosed with polio. He was ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born January 30 ... In 1921 Roosevelt was diagnosed with polio and became paralyzed in each of his extremities (although he would eventually regain the use of his arms, ...

It was the day of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inauguration ... while vacationing at his summer home on Campobello Island, Roosevelt was stricken with polio. The illness paralyzed his legs and ...

Cox chooses 38-year-old Franklin D. Roosevelt to be his running mate ... infantile paralysis – polio. Franklin is transported first to New York City and then to his mother's home in Hyde ...

An curved arrow pointing right. It is no secret now that Franklin D. Roosevelt had the unique challenge of hiding his crippling disease of what was believed to be polio throughout his terms as ...

A stone tablet to United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was unveiled at Westminster Abbey ... In 1921 he was struck down with polio but fought bravely to walk again and in 1928 became ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s personal battle with polio, and his steady hand while overseeing a national eradication campaign, highlights decisive leadership against a virus that terrified America.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is renowned as the president the ... Roosevelt was struck with an attack of polio that left him paralyzed from the waist down. Roosevelt was 39 at the time and and ...

In 1921 he had contracted polio (a spinal disease), which had left him permanently paralysed from the waist down. Some of the voters believed that Roosevelt’s ability to overcome personal ...