First Fireside Chat
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Date
March 12, 1933
Type
National
Author
hjwilson1975
Location
Washington,
District of Columbia,
United States
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Event Details
President Franklin D. Roosevelt broadcast the first of his 30 'fireside chats' over the radio on March 12, 1933. The address focused on the banking crisis.
Roosevelt used these informal radio addresses to explain his policies directly to the American public, reassuring them during the Great Depression and World War II.