January 06 – Franklin Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” Speech
by Darren Cole on January 6, 2011

Franklin D. Roosevelt Annual Message to Congress, January 6, 1941; Records of the United States Senate; SEN 77A-H1; Record Group 46; National Archives.
This speech delivered by President Franklin Roosevelt on January 6, 1941, became known as his "Four Freedoms Speech," due to a short closing portion describing the President’s vision in which the American ideals of individual liberties were extended throughout the world.
Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of FDR’s Four Freedoms Speech at the FDR Library
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