Mar 4, 1933: FDR Inaugurated

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 1 Comment

On March 4, 1933, at the height of the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States. In his famous inaugural address, delivered outside the east wing of the U.S. Capitol, Roosevelt outlined…

December 10, 1948: United Nations Adopts The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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Exactly 62 years ago today, the United Nations adopted its Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Making today, International Human Rights Day. America’s first lady at the time, Eleanor Roosevelt helped inspire the 1948 agreement. A global pledge critics say the…