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Franklin D. Roosevelt: D-Day Prayer, Presentation Copy Inscribed and Signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt....
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Inscribes His D-Day Prayer to Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson
Franklin D. Roosevelt: D-Day Prayer,
Presentation Copy Inscribed and Signed by Franklin D.
Roosevelt. Washington, DC: U.S. Government
Printing Office, December 1944. Limited edition of 100 copies of
which this is #5. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by
Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson,
"For Henry L. Stimson, Christmastide 1944, Franklin D.
Roosevelt." Small, slim quarto. [4] pages. Vellum-backed
marbled paper boards. Gilt-stamped dark blue leather spine label.
Top edge gilt. In original slipcase.Roosevelt's famous D-Day Prayer was originally entitled "Let Our Hearts Be Stout," and was read to the Nation over the radio on the evening of the D-Day invasion, June 6, 1944, while American, British and Canadian troops were fighting to establish beachheads on the coast of Normandy in France. The previous night, June 5, the President had also been on the radio to announce that Allied troops had entered Rome. The spectacular news that Rome had been liberated was quickly surpassed by news of the gigantic D-Day invasion, which began at 6:30 a.m. on June 6. By midnight about 57,000 American and 75,000 British and Canadian soldiers had gotten ashore. Allied losses on D-Day included 2,500 killed and 8,500 wounded.
The last wartime White House Christmas book. These specially bound copies were given as gifts exclusively to the President's closest friends, family, and select Cabinet members and are rarely encountered, with only a few other inscribed copies found offered for auction in the past forty years.
Condition: Spine vellum slightly smudged, with two splits along the rear gutter. Board corners rubbed. Slipcase is faded along the edges, with a few small, light stains.
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2022 December 3 - 4 The Seeley Family Presidential Christmas Collection Americana & Political Signature® Auction #6263 (go to Auction Home page)
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