President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his “Day of Infamy” speech to Congress on December 8, 1941. Behind him are Vice President Henry Wallace (left) and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. To the right, in uniform in front of Rayburn, is Roosevelt’s son James, who escorted his father to the Capitol.[U.S. National Archives]
Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a joint address to Congress on Dec. 8, 1941, the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The address lead to…
