Character Catalog

A vast program of economic and social reforms comprising dozens of laws and federal agencies to combat the Great Depression. It permanently transformed the role of the federal government in the American economy.

The founding law of the American social protection system, establishing old-age insurance, unemployment insurance, and family assistance. It remains the cornerstone of social security in the United States.

A program allowing the United States to supply military equipment to the Allies even before entering the war. It was crucial in supporting Great Britain and the USSR against the Axis powers.

A joint declaration with Churchill defining the principles of a world order founded on freedom, the right of peoples to self-determination, and international cooperation. It foreshadowed the Declaration of the United Nations.

Roosevelt was one of the principal architects of the United Nations project, whose charter was signed in San Francisco in June 1945, two months after his death.

A landmark speech in which Roosevelt outlined the four fundamental freedoms that the United States must defend throughout the world: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.

So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking. [...] I can assure you that it is safer to keep your money in a reopened bank than under the mattress.

Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear.

Their countries seek no aggrandizement, territorial or other. They desire to see no territorial changes that do not accord with the freely expressed wishes of the peoples concerned.

The Roosevelt family estate where Franklin was born and raised. Now a national historic site, it is also where he is buried alongside Eleanor.

The presidential residence where Roosevelt lived for more than twelve years, an absolute record. It was from the Oval Office that he led the country through the Depression and the war.

A thermal spa resort where Roosevelt regularly came to treat his paralyzed legs in the warm waters. It is there that he died on April 12, 1945, in what he called his "Little White House".

Site of the famous February 1945 conference bringing together Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin to decide the fate of post-war Europe and the creation of the United Nations.

American naval base attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941, an event that led Roosevelt to ask Congress to declare war and to engage the United States in the global conflict.

Roosevelt used a wheelchair adapted from a kitchen chair, which he had modified to be as discreet as possible. This object symbolizes both his disability and his determination never to appear diminished.

His long cigarette holder tilted upward became an iconic symbol of his public image. He always held it with confidence, projecting an air of assurance and optimism.

An essential instrument of his famous "Fireside Chats", the CBS or NBC radio microphone allowed him to reach millions of American households directly.

Roosevelt frequently wore a Navy cape, a reminder of his deep attachment to the United States Navy and his former position as Assistant Secretary of the Navy.

His philatelic collection contained more than one million stamps from around the world. He devoted time each day to this passion, which had accompanied him since childhood.

After contracting polio, Roosevelt wore metal braces weighing approximately 5 kg each, allowing him to stand upright and walk a few steps while leaning on someone's arm.