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1933: FDR’s inauguration brings a sense of ‘cautious optimism’ to a Depression-weary Syracuse Updated Mar 09, 2021; Posted Mar 09, 2021 - Franklin Roosevelt’s inauguration, March 4, 1933. FDR spoke to a crowd estimated at over 100,000 and millions more on the radio. During his unprecedented four terms, the radio became an important political tool. Roosevelt’s was the last March inauguration. The ratification of the 20th Amendment in 1933 changed the date to January 20th. Courtesy of the Library of CongressCourtesy of the Library of Congr Facebook Share By Robert Searing | Curator of History, Onondaga Historical Association Eighty-Eight years ago, Americans found themselves adrift upon a sea of uncertainty, facing a tidal wave of challenges that threatened to sink the ship of state. Like the pandemic today, this was a global crisis, though not one of viral origins, but one rooted in the economic catastrophe of the stock market crash on Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929. The Great Depression wreaked havoc all over the world. Here in the United States, the devastating effects were felt from Wall Street to Salina Street.
One of them married Nicky Hilton, Paris’s sister. Another is an environmental activist in Santa Monica, California who crossed the Pacific Ocean in “Plastiki,” a craft made of recycled plastic bottles. Another tragically died just two weeks ago at age 57. They invest, run business interests, donate generously to a variety of causes, and not one of them has ever caused a forest fire with laser beams. Today’s Rothschilds aren’t as rich as Bezos and Gates, but they still command the attention of antisemites and conspiracy mongers. Case in point: Just over two years ago, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia suggested in a Facebook post that the 2018 Northern California wildfires were started by PG&E, in conjunction with the Rothschilds, using a space laser, in order to clear room for a high-speed rail project.
One of them married Nicky Hilton, Paris’s sister. Another is an environmental activist in Santa Monica, California who crossed the Pacific Ocean in “Plastiki,” a craft made of recycled plastic bottles. Another tragically died just two weeks ago at age 57. They invest, run business interests, donate generously to a variety of causes, and not one of them has ever caused a forest fire with laser beams. Today’s Rothschilds aren’t as rich as Bezos and Gates, but they still command the attention of antisemites and conspiracy mongers. Case in point: Just over two years ago, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia suggested in a Facebook post that wildfires in California started by PG&E, in conjunction with the Rothschilds, using a space laser, in order to clear room for a high-speed rail project.