On this day in history, March 12, 1933, FDR gives his first ‘fireside chat’ radio address
President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his first “fireside chat” on this day in history, March 12, 1933, to reassure and inform a nation reeling from the effects of the Great Depression. This was the first in a series of broadcasts in which FDR spoke plainly and directly to every American within the sound of his … Read more