Aerial Photograph of the Mall in Washington, DC, 6/3/1940
From the series: Aerial Photographs, 1935 - 1970. Records of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
The National Mall and parts of Washington, DC, 75 years ago. Can you spot usnatarchives?
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Getting ready for our event protesting the Chained CPI.
“Social Security works! — It has never missed a check!”- Rep. @JanSchakowsky
Congresswoman Doris Matsui speaks with NCPSSM rally corp member at the Medicare 47th Anniversary celebration.
Max Richtman, President of the National Committee, speaking to attendees about the Chained CPI and how it’s a cut to Social Security.
NCPSSM present when the Healthcare Reform Law was upheld by the Supreme Court!
Activists at the U.S. Capitol protesting proposed cuts in Social Security benefits known as the “chained CPI.” The proposal would reduce the cost-of-living adjustment seniors receive. Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus spoke in opposition to the proposal, which surfaces as Washington elected officials look for a “grand bargain” that could end the government shutdown standoff.
Some of our National Committee volunteers with their yellow shirts on!
We’re still pretty excited about yesterday’s decision. We thought we’d share a quick fact about what this decision means to Medicare.
On April 12, 1965, a small group of people gathered at the triangular plot on Pennsylvania Avenue near the National Archives Building in Washington, DC.
The family and close friends of President Franklin D. Roosevelt had assembled to dedicate a memorial to the late President on the 20th anniversary of his death.
The memorial is very much unlike the current FDR Memorial on the tidal basin. It is a small and simple block of marble made from the same quarry as the FDR’s gravestone at Hyde Park, NY. The memorial was paid for by private donations that were not made public (although their names are sealed into the base of the stone).
The modest design was intentional—on September 26, 1941, Roosevelt had told his friend Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter:
“If any memorial is erected to me, I know exactly what I should like it to be. I should like it to consist of a block about the size of this (putting his hand on his desk) and placed in the center of that green plot in front of the Archives Building. I don’t care what it is made of, whether limestone or granite or whatnot, but I want it plain without any ornamentation, with the simple carving, ‘In Memory of ____’.”
Today you can still visit this original FDR Memorial by stopping by the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 9th Street, NW, next to the National Archives Building in Washington, DC.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum #OTD #FDR #memorial
A new analysis by the National Institute on Retirement Security shows that #WomensRetirement income lags behind men’s. Our #EleanorsHope initiative is dedicated to helping close the gap between women & men when it comes to retirement savings and benefits. https://www.ncpssm.org/eleanors-hope/