On May 6, 1935, in the depths of the Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order establishing the ...
Ever notice a branded stamp in the sidewalk? Some signify Depression-era infrastructure projects by the Works Progress ...
On May 6, 1935, in the depths of the Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order establishing the ...
On April 8, 1935, Congress approved the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, the work relief bill that funded the Works Progress Administration. Created by President Franklin Roosevelt to ...
The Genesee Valley Council on the Arts, home of the New Deal Museum, will debut a major addition to its New Deal Collection ...
Of all of President Roosevelt’s New Deal programs, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) is the most famous, because it affected so many people’s lives. Roosevelt’s work-relief program employed more ...