FDR's Funeral Train Klara Robert
FDR's Funeral Train Klara Robert Weaving together information from long-forgotten diaries and declassified Secret Service documents, journalist and historian Robert Klara exposes the private tensions…
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FDR's Funeral Train Klara Robert
Weaving together information from long-forgotten diaries and declassified Secret Service documents, journalist and historian Robert Klara exposes the private tensions and conflicts of a journey long shrouded in mystery.In April 1945, the funeral train carrying the body of Franklin D. Many who would recall the journey later would agree it was a foolhardy idea to start with - putting every important elected figure in Washington on a single train during the biggest war in history.For the American people, of course, the funeral train was just that - the train bearing the body of deceased FDR. Roosevelt embarked on a three-day, thousand-mile odyssey through nine states before reaching the president's home where he was buried.
A closer look inside the train, however, would reveal a Soviet It passed with darkened windows; few gave thought to what might be happening aboard.