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The from warm springs, georgia, the mortal remains of Franklin Delano roosevelt began the long trip home. Slowly, the long, black funeral train rolled up from the south and then down pennsylvania avenue to the beat of drums, the president was born for the last time to the executive mansion that for 12 years had been his official home. The passing of fdr from the american scene came as a personal shock to the nation. People wept openly, unashamed of their grief. Drawn by six white horses, the flag draped caisson was wrought to the main entrance of the white house, carried into the great east ro...

Richard norton smith, why did you call your book that you wrote 35 years ago uncommon man . Well, its taken, actually, from the title of a relatively famous hoover speech about the uncommon man. Remember, Vice President henry wallace, who was the second of fdrs Vice President s, gave a famous speech in 1942, i believe, maybe43, about the century of the common man. And wallace, from a left of center perspective, was projecting, in effect, the goals and ambitions of the generation that was fighting world war ii. And it wasnt enough simply to defeat the nazis, but to create at home a true democra...

Official home. The passing of f. D. R. From the american scene came as a personal shock to the nation. People wept openly, unashamed of their grief. [music] drawn by six white horses, the flagdraped caisson was brought to the main entrance of the white house. Carried into the great east room where, 80 years before almost to the day, the body of Abraham Lincoln also had laid in state. At hyde park, his ancestral home, the guns of west point cadets, the final curtain on the man known round the world as f. D. R. [shots firing] to measure something of his greatness, we turn back the clock to Frank...

Did you call your book that you wrote 35 years ago, uncommon man . Richard its taken actually from the title of a relatively famous hoover speech about the uncommon man. Remember Vice President henry wallace, who was the second of fdrs Vice President s, gave a famous speech in 1942, i believe, maybe 1943, about the century of the common man. And wallace, from a left of center perspective, was projecting the goals and ambitions of the generation that was fighting world war ii. It wasnt enough simply to the nazis, but to create at home a true democracy, a place where the common man would finally...

Richard its taken actually from the title of a relatively famous hoover speech about the uncommon man. If you remember, Vice President henry wallace, who was the second of fdrs Vice President s, gave a famous speech in 1942, i believe, maybe 1943, about the century of the common man. And wallace, from a left of center perspective, was projecting, in effect, the goals and ambitions of the generation that was fighting world war ii. It wasnt enough simply to defeat the nazis, but to create at home a true democracy, a place where the common man would finally come into his own. And hoover approache...