On this day in history, March 12, 1933, FDR gives his first ‘fireside chat’ radio address

How FDR rallied a reeling nation to win a global war

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