The Day FDR Died
Remembering the day we marched around our kitchen table.7 total reviews
Comment from DeborahWrite
Dear Author,
Your historical story was well-written and memorable. I am impressed with your ability to show respect as a key component in the mother and her sons' responses to FDR's momentous death. The last line was most effective!
My best,
Deborah
reply by the author on 12-Mar-2019
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Dear Author,
Your historical story was well-written and memorable. I am impressed with your ability to show respect as a key component in the mother and her sons' responses to FDR's momentous death. The last line was most effective!
My best,
Deborah
Comment Written 12-Mar-2019
reply by the author on 12-Mar-2019
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Thanks much for your review and kind words.
Comment from HealingMuse
Hi Contest Author,
This is a very well-written story and a great contest entry. I can only imagine how devastated the country was when FDR transitioned to spirit. I know it was a real tragedy for the country to have lost such a brilliant, compassionate, and effective leader.
Nothing I can see here to suggest you improve upon. Best of luck in the contest.
Jan
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2019
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Hi Contest Author,
This is a very well-written story and a great contest entry. I can only imagine how devastated the country was when FDR transitioned to spirit. I know it was a real tragedy for the country to have lost such a brilliant, compassionate, and effective leader.
Nothing I can see here to suggest you improve upon. Best of luck in the contest.
Jan
Comment Written 08-Mar-2019
reply by the author on 08-Mar-2019
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Thanks so much for your review and your comments. Much appreciated.
Comment from Earl Corp
It seems that whenever there is a traumatic event people seem to remember them like when Kennedy was short or 9-11. My mother was a second grader that day. She was walking to school and hears some older girls that FDR was going to be stuffed. Years later she said her mother explained it to her, FDR was getting an autopsy. Very nice story. Thank you for sharing.
reply by the author on 07-Mar-2019
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It seems that whenever there is a traumatic event people seem to remember them like when Kennedy was short or 9-11. My mother was a second grader that day. She was walking to school and hears some older girls that FDR was going to be stuffed. Years later she said her mother explained it to her, FDR was getting an autopsy. Very nice story. Thank you for sharing.
Comment Written 07-Mar-2019
reply by the author on 07-Mar-2019
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Thanks for your read and review and for sharing your mom's story.
Comment from Vicki Ziemer
I love it. I am old enough to remember the Philco radio, sitting on top of the Kelvinator, although, I was born in 1946, so do not remember FDR's death. This certainly captures the way it was back then. I also can imagine the Mother's reaction and the kids, not really getting the gravity of the situation. Very good.
reply by the author on 07-Mar-2019
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I love it. I am old enough to remember the Philco radio, sitting on top of the Kelvinator, although, I was born in 1946, so do not remember FDR's death. This certainly captures the way it was back then. I also can imagine the Mother's reaction and the kids, not really getting the gravity of the situation. Very good.
Comment Written 07-Mar-2019
reply by the author on 07-Mar-2019
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Thank you for your read and your comments. Much appreciated.
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
This made me smile and it is amazing how children feel they should also be doing their bit! Thank you for sharing a little bit of your history here, much enjoyed, love Dolly x
reply by the author on 07-Mar-2019
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This made me smile and it is amazing how children feel they should also be doing their bit! Thank you for sharing a little bit of your history here, much enjoyed, love Dolly x
Comment Written 07-Mar-2019
reply by the author on 07-Mar-2019
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Thank you for your read and your comments.
Comment from rspoet
This is an excellent prose short story and entry for the contest.
Difficult to tell if it is fiction or non-fiction.
There was great fear in those days. FDR had always been there
as a pillar of support and comfort.
You've captured the time period with excellent details.
The child perception adds a great deal to the effect.
Well done
Good luck in the contest
RS
reply by the author on 07-Mar-2019
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This is an excellent prose short story and entry for the contest.
Difficult to tell if it is fiction or non-fiction.
There was great fear in those days. FDR had always been there
as a pillar of support and comfort.
You've captured the time period with excellent details.
The child perception adds a great deal to the effect.
Well done
Good luck in the contest
RS
Comment Written 07-Mar-2019
reply by the author on 07-Mar-2019
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Thanks so much for the read and comments. The story poem is biographical.
Comment from KyColonel Randal
Thank you for sharing this vignette. I love stories like these and have always thought it was a shame that we are not all writers, for what stories have been lost simply because there was no one with the skill to record them. Is this a photograph of you and your sibling? Good luck with your contest entry!
reply by the author on 07-Mar-2019
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Thank you for sharing this vignette. I love stories like these and have always thought it was a shame that we are not all writers, for what stories have been lost simply because there was no one with the skill to record them. Is this a photograph of you and your sibling? Good luck with your contest entry!
Comment Written 07-Mar-2019
reply by the author on 07-Mar-2019
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Thank you for the read and the comments. Much appreciated. Unfortunately, photo is not one of my brother and myself, but the clothing is true to what we would wear.
