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Ambassador Willam vanden Heuvel talked about his book, Hope and History: A Memoir of Tumultuous Times, on his life and career in public service. He spoke with his daughter, Nation Magazine p…

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in 2016, members of the Roosevelt Institute and the presidential library system spoke about P…

At a rededication ceremony for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, speakers talked about the development of the site in Hyde Park, New York, and the legacy of the form…

Participants in Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 campaign for the Democratic Party presidential nomination discussed the campaign. They spoke about campaign experiences, Kennedy’s message to the Ame…

Panelists spoke about the life and career of two-time Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson. He had also served as U.N. ambassador and governor of Illinois. Participants, who inclu…

March 16, 2008 marked the 40th anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy’s announcement of his candidacy for president of the United States. Friends, relatives, and aides shared memories of the campa…

The panelists talked about the legacy of Winston Churchill. The panel, moderated by Bill vanden Heuval, included the son of Winston Churchill and the granddaughter of Harry Hopkins, an advis…

A memorial service for the historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., was held in the Great Hall at Cooper Union. He was praised as a preeminent American historian and a Renaissance man. Dignitar…

Panelists talked about the current state and future of transatlantic relations. Topics included American attitudes about the European Union, British polls regarding the U.S., the remaining e…

Panelists examined how U.S. presidents since Roosevelt have used the media to further their political agendas and popularity with the people.

Panelists talked about events of great impact on U.S. society since World War II, which included the Cold War, the Vietnam conflict and the fall of Communism and the end of the Cold War. Eac…

Panelists discussed George McGovern’s congressional career from 1957 to 1961 in the House of Representatives and from 1963 to 1981. After their presentations, the panelists took questions fr…

President Clinton and others attended the “Remembering Franklin D. Roosevelt 50th Anniversary Commemorative Services” held at the Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia. The president s…

Association members met at a fund-raiser to present awards to outstanding individuals. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan was awarded the association’s United States Congressional Leadership Aw…

President George H.W. Bush, congressional leaders, and academics spoke at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of President Franklin Roosevelt’s "4 Freedoms Speech". President Roosevelt’s…