Francis Ford Coppola was warned that he might never walk again after he contracted polio as a child. The 85-year-old director recalled feeling ‘frightened’ for the other kids on the hospital ...
An curved arrow pointing right. It is no secret now that Franklin D. Roosevelt had the unique challenge of hiding his crippling disease of what was believed to be polio throughout his terms as ...
This spring marks 73 years since the death of one of America's iconic presidents. Franklin Delano Roosevelt is renowned as the president the country through two of the greatest crises of the 20th ...
Recently, a hidden Roosevelt dime resurfaced after almost 50 years ... a nonprofit set up to fight polio. FDR’s own history ...
View the Introduction to the film, which describes how polio ravaged ... they think the FDR memorial should show Roosevelt in a wheelchair and why (or why not). After hearing the testimony ...
View the Introduction to the film, which describes how polio ravaged ... they think the FDR memorial should show Roosevelt in a wheelchair and why (or why not). After hearing the testimony ...