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In this black and white photograph, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's dog Fala is shown donating his toys. In a highly publicized campaign, Fala donated toys to promote scrap rubber collections for the war effort in 1942. Fala, a Scottish Terrier, was a gift to President Roosevelt from his cousin Margaret “Daisy” Suckley. Fala went to live in the White House on November 10, 1940, and regularly traveled with the President, including trips to Roosevelt’s homes in both Hyde Park, New York and Warm Springs, Georgia. Fala was popular among the American public and frequently received letters from people across the country. In 1943, MGM made a short-subject film relating the World War II home front story from Fala's perspective. The studio made a second installment in 1946 after his master's death that included Fala's tour of Hyde Park, the Roosevelt family estate, and future site of a presidential library.
Biographies & Portraits
Biographies & Portraits
The White House Historical Association and the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project present this collaboration in an effort to open a...
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The White House Historical Association (WHHA) offers many different resources for students working on National History Day projects.