{"id":2446,"date":"2012-10-05T11:48:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2446"},"modified":"2014-12-23T07:23:41","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T07:23:41","slug":"oct-1-1939-president-roosevelt-visits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/05\/oct-1-1939-president-roosevelt-visits\/","title":{"rendered":"President Roosevelt visits Pittsburgh in 1939"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\\\/thedigs\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/05\\\/oct-1-1939-president-roosevelt-visits\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:80752127}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 656px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"656\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 656px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"656\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/05\/oct-1-1939-president-roosevelt-visits\/attachment\/2447\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"796\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"652\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"2447\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mbe2pkjGMX1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;PG Archives&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;PG Archives\\\/The Digs\\rPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt campaigning in Pittsburgh. Mr. Roosevelt spoke to a crowd of 60,000 at Forbes Field, according to the Pittsburgh Press. On the same evening, Republican vice presidential nominee Frank Knox spoke at Duquesne Gardens, just a few blocks away. \\u0022Pittsburgh last night went through the wildest political experience in its history,\\u0022 declared Kermit McFarland in the next day\\u0027s Press. \\u0022National networks caried the excitement to the entire country.\\u0022\\rPhotographer unknown.\\rOctober 1, 1936\\rThe Pittsburgh Press&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;FDR in Pittsburgh&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;PG Archives\/The Digs&lt;br \/&gt; President Franklin D. Roosevelt campaigning in Pittsburgh. Mr. Roosevelt spoke to a crowd of 60,000 at Forbes Field, according to the Pittsburgh Press. On the same evening, Republican vice presidential nominee Frank Knox spoke at Duquesne Gardens, just a few blocks away. &#8220;Pittsburgh last night went through the wildest political experience in its history,&#8221; declared Kermit McFarland in the next day&#8217;s Press. &#8220;National networks caried the excitement to the entire country.&#8221;&lt;br \/&gt; Photographer unknown.&lt;br \/&gt; October 1, 1936&lt;br \/&gt; The Pittsburgh Press&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mbe2pkjGMX1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=300%2C245&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mbe2pkjGMX1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=800%2C655&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mbe2pkjGMX1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?w=796&#038;h=652&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"796\" height=\"652\" data-original-width=\"796\" data-original-height=\"652\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 796px; height: 652px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Oct. 1, 1939:<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>When President\u00a0<span id=\"lw_1349457186_0\" class=\"yshortcuts cs4-visible\">Franklin Roosevelt<\/span>\u00a0visited Pittsburgh in 1939, the entire world was riveted by events in Europe. \u00a0World War II had been ongoing for one month and Americans were discussing the possibility of American involvement. The front pages of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette were devoted to reporting about the war.<\/p>\n<p>FDR would return to Pittsburgh one year later, to campaign against GOP nominee Wendell \u00a0Willkie. \u00a0In the election, President Roosevelt became the first president to be elected to a third consecutive term, receiving \u00a054.7% of the popular vote. \u00a0\u00a0The two-term limit for presidents was enacted into law in 1947.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this fascinating\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V4goIgk2TgE&amp;feature=relmfu\" data-rel=\"lightbox-video-0\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube video<\/a> of FDR visiting Pittsburgh in 1940.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Post-Gazette photo)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Order this photo at\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/store.post-gazette.com\/divinity-cart\/item\/P532\/FDR\/1.html\" target=\"_blank\">PG Store<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this fascinating YouTube video of FDR visiting Pittsburgh in 1940.<\/p>\n<p><a class='more-link' href='https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/05\/oct-1-1939-president-roosevelt-visits\/'>Look at the pictures<span class='screen-reader-text'>President Roosevelt visits Pittsburgh in 1939<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[948],"tags":[959,960,980,1037],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mbe2pkjGMX1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1280%2C1048&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6174,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2015\/12\/07\/news-of-attack-war-dominate-pg-on-dec-8-1941\/","url_meta":{"origin":2446,"position":0},"title":"News of attack, war dominate PG on Dec. 8, 1941","date":"December 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The bombing of Pearl Harbor disrupts anti-war gathering at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/PearlHarbor002.jpg?fit=936%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2521,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/09\/14\/oct-10-1956-president-eisenhower-riding-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":2446,"position":1},"title":"President Eisenhower, riding up Fifth, greets Pittsburghers","date":"September 14, 2012","format":"gallery","excerpt":"\u201c150,000 Cheer Ike in Roaring Welcome,\u201d read the Pittsburgh Press headline.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tumblr_ma9g8epjaU1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1152%2C918&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2577,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/08\/31\/oct-18-1948-henry-a-wallace-who-had-been-vice\/","url_meta":{"origin":2446,"position":2},"title":"Henry A. 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