America Mourns the Death of Pres. Roosevelt | History of SC Slide Collection

The April 12, 1945, death of Franklin D. Roosevelt at Warm Springs, Georgia, brought an outpouring of grief from the nation. Thousands of people flocked to watch his funeral train pass through the countryside toward Washington, including these South Carolinians in Greenville.

Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

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