Mark Schuler: Franklin Roosevelt

Artist: Mark Schuler
1951 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1983
Image Size: 11 by 15 inches
Overall Size: 16 by 19 inches
Medium: Mixed Media on Cold Press Illustration Board

On March 4, 1933, the Roosevelt battle cry greeted the Inaugural audience, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself!" With those words, F.D.R. set out to battle a depression that was strangling his beloved country. For the first time in history, a Cabinet was nominated, accepted, sworn in and called to session on Inauguration Day. Five days later, F.D.R. called Congress into a special session that passed daring "New Deal" measures designed to save the economy. The multitude of programs initiated were known by short call-letter names, leading critics to refer to F.D.R.'s first administration as "alphabet soup." But, despite the skeptics, the President's 1936 bid for reelection swept the nation like a prairie fire. "We have only just begun to fight!" he bellowed. Ironically, he was all too correct. His second term was marked by growing unrest in Europe. In fact, F.D.R. probably would have stepped down after his second term were it not for the looming threat of Germany's Adolph Hitler. Nearly eleven months into Roosevelt's third term, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, plunging America into war. In 1944, F.D.R. needed no urging to bid for reelection. But, for the sixty-three-year-old President, the end was in sight. On April 12, 1945, before the peace was signed, a weary President Roosevelt died.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day Maximum Card for the U.S. 22¢ Franklin Roosevelt stamp issued May 22, 1986.

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