Georgia Negro Weeps Open-Eyed at the Death of President Roosevelt
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It used to be that I posted this every year on April 12, the anniversary of the day in 1945 that Roosevelt died. The event depicted, though, happened on the following morning, Friday, April 13, 1945. This year, I've split up my posts to show the timeline of events.
Roosevelt died on the afternoon of April 12, 1945. The medical examiner had to come in and pronounce the death. A death certificate was filled out, and Roosevelt's body was prepared for the trip north. On the morning of April 13, 1945, a hearse took Roosevelt's body to the Southern Railway station at Warm Springs, Georgia. The body was put on a train and taken to Atlanta. From there, another train carried the body and several dignitaries on an overnight trip up the Southern Railway mainline to Washington, D.C. That train arrived in Washington on the morning of Saturday, April 14, 1945.
We'll get to coverage of that day's events tomorrow. Anyway, back to the annual post.
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I just love this picture. I have made this post every year for a long time.
This picture of Graham Jackson is the image of that event that I always think of. As the caption notes, it was taken on April 13, 1945, as Roosevelt's body was being taken away to Atlanta that morning.
The caption of the original photograph starts out:
Graham Jackson, from the wonderful Atlanta Time Machine
60 White House Drive SW
Many more links on Graham Jackson
Please go to Google Books to see the coverage in the April 23, 1945 issue of Life magazine. You will be amazed. (I can't make the link directly.)
Roosevelt's Death:
http://books.google.com/books?id=wEkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19&dq=Roosevelt+funeral&hl=en&ei=TirDS4iHOIT7lwfx96jaBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Roosevelt%20funeral&f=true
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April 1945 -- An armed guard from Camp Sibert presents arms as the special funeral train bearing the body of President Roosevelt pulls into Atlanta's Terminal Station on its way from Warm Springs, Ga., to Washington, D.C.
Credit: AJC File
NEWS
By Brian O'Shea, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
April 12, 2019
When a special funeral train was outfitted last year to carry former President George H.W. Bush from Houston to College Station, Texas, it was an echo of the funeral train that carried Franklin D. Roosevelt from Georgia after his death at Warm Springs in 1945.
Roosevelt, a frequent presence in Georgia, was visiting his Warm Springs retreat when he died on April 12, 1945.
The president’s casket was carried in its own train car, with a military honor guard. Honor guards of military units and members of the public gathered along the route of the train, including at Atlanta’s Terminal Station.
The train traveled first to Washington for a small funeral service at the White House, then to FDR’s funeral and burial in Hyde Park, N.Y. In Washington, a horse-drawn Army caisson carried the casket from the train station to the White House.
A special funeral train carried the president’s casket from Warm Springs to Washington D.C., including a stop in Atlanta.
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Last return to Capital: Brought from Warm Springs, Ga., the flag-draped coffin bearing the body of President Roosevelt is transferred at Washington's Union Station from a special train. Guards arrange the caisson for the procession from the station to the White House, where private funeral services were held yesterday (April 14, 1945)
From AJC Archives.
President Franklin Roosevelt's train arrives from Washington D.C. at Warm Springs in the 1940s, where he spent time at 'The Little White House.'
Credit: KENNETH ROGERS / AJC FILE
From the AJC archives
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Brian O'Shea is a senior digital producer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He works with the newsroom to identify topics of interest to Atlanta readers and also works with voter guides and election results. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia and The Ohio State University Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism.
Thu Apr 13, 2023: On this day, April 13, 1945, this was the scene in Atlanta, Georgia:
Tue Apr 13, 2021: On this day, April 13, 1945, this was the scene in Atlanta, Georgia:
They covered US history by decade. That photo brought tears to my eyes then, and it still strikes an emotional chord. 