Sold – Mrs. Roosevelt Offers Solice to a Grieving Family in World War II
“I can well understand what grief you all must feel, and I hope that your pride in your brother’s accomplishments and the knowledge that he died serving his country as a patriotic citizen will make it easier to bear.”.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans died in the Second World War, and it fell to the First Family and senior military leadership to offer comfort and give the deaths meaning. Generally this was done through speeches and statements offered to the nation as a whole, but sometimes it appears in personal correspondence....
Hundreds of thousands of Americans died in the Second World War, and it fell to the First Family and senior military leadership to offer comfort and give the deaths meaning. Generally this was done through speeches and statements offered to the nation as a whole, but sometimes it appears in personal correspondence. Here is such a letter, the only one from Eleanor Roosevelt we can recall seeing.
Typed Letter Signed on White House letterhead, January 11, 1945, to Philip R. Broyles, whose brother had been killed in World War II. “It was very kind of you to write me and both the President and I deeply appreciate your good wishes. My deepest sympathy goes to you in the loss of your brother. I can well understand what grief you all must feel, and I hope that your pride in your brother’s accomplishments and the knowledge that he died serving his country as a patriotic citizen will make it easier to bear.”
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