Video: ''Franklin D. Roosevelt First "Fireside Chat" On Banking March 12, 1933

(Sunday, March 12, 1933, 10:00 p.m. EST; during the Great Depression) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt made the first of his Sunday evening “fireside chats” to the American public tonight in a nationwide radio broadcast, to explain why he had declared a bank holiday. Continue reading U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers first ‘fireside chat’ nationwide radio broadcast to American people 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 12 1933) →