Thursday, December 8, 2016

The "Day of Infamy" Speech


33 minutes after the speech was over, Congress voted to declare war on the Empire of Japan. Within a few more hours, the formal written declaration was presented to the President for signing.

I'll bet that very few nowadays have listened to the entire speech.

It's estimated that 81% of American households listened to the speech, which worked out to nearly every home with a radio. It was broadcast by loudspeaker into factories and city streets.
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1 comment:

  1. Borepatch12/08/2016 11:56 PM

    What's interesting is that he walked into Congress on his crippled legs. He knew that the Japanese and Germans would be watching and didn't want to show weakness.

    I'm not exactly an FDR fan, but that's pretty impressive.

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