Author: [EPHEMERA] [SAN FRANCISCO] [FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT] [STAMP]
Title: In Tribute to the Memory of Our Late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1882-1945 Issued During the United Nations Conference, San Francisco 1945
Description: San Francisco, CA: Literary Anniversary Club, 1945. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Other. This is one sheet, folded once, with text on three pages. The front cover includes a tipped on US Postage Stamp Commemorating the beginning of the United Nations. The center text page is a tribute to Franklin D. Roosevelt by Flodden W. Heron entitled Franklin D. Roosevelt the Crusader. The item is in Very Good condition, with some light wrinkling to the spine and a couple of light creases to the corners. "By 1945 it became clear that the Allies were winning the war, so President Roosevelt and other Allied world leaders continued their preparations for lasting peace between nations. U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt first coined the name “United Nations” in 1942 when representatives of 26 nations pledged their governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers. The next significant step towards creating this international body was a conference of delegates, to be held in San Francisco, called the United Nations Conference on International Organization (UNCIO). Unfortunately, President Roosevelt would not live to see his inspirational plans for peace come to fruition. Less than two weeks before he planned to open the United Nations Conference on International Organization, President Franklin D. Roosevelt suffered a massive stroke and died on April 12th, 1945. The nation immediately went into mourning. Just hours after FDR’s death, Vice President Harry S. Truman was sworn in as the president of the United States. As his very first act as president, Truman decided to proceed with the upcoming San Francisco conference as scheduled." (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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