The Decades: 1940 – 1949
The first half of the 1940s was defined by World War II. Miami and all of South Florida was taken over by the military. Given its ideal climate and topography,…
FDR
The Decades: 1930 – 1939
The seventh episode of the Miami History Channel features the decade of the 1930s. The decade of the Great Depression brought both despair and opportunity. Florida began to ease out…
Attempted Assassination of FDR in Bayfront Park
Following the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President of the United States in November of 1932, there was a four month period before the president-elect took the oath of…