What is the most badass thing about Franklin D. Roosevelt?

Physically? Running for President of the United States, a physically demanding marathon of travel and speeches, especially in the days before television, while being paralyzed from the waist down, four times. read more

Running for President of the United States, a physically demanding marathon of travel and speeches, especially in the days before television, while being paralyzed from the waist down, four times. read more

Roosevelt was distantly related to both his wife and 11 other presidents. An only child with maternal roots dating back to the Mayflower, Franklin D. Roosevelt spent a privileged childhood in Hyde Park, New York, prior to attending an elite Massachusetts boarding school. read more

Theodore Roosevelt was one of the most bad-ass presidents in American history. He was an avid reader, writer, and outdoorsman. In addition to helping shape America’s history, he set the standards for modern day mustaches. 1. Theodore Roosevelt had an incredibly good memory. read more

Letter of president Franklin Delano Roosevelt to prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, May 18th, 1942 : When I was a boy in the ‘nineties’, I used to see a good many French Canadians who had rather recently come into the New Bedford area, near the old Delano place, at Fair Haven. read more