FDR's address to the nation. This speech emphasizes the role that America plays in bringing freedom and democracy to the world. One of the points is Freedom from want, which is interpreted as freedom from wanting food. The Four Freedoms speech is an…
Talking to farmers and those who consume farm products and tells the American people to help in every way. Roosevelt demonstrates that food is just as important as weapons.
"we can all redirect ourselves to the spirit with which this common effort…
Declared the 4th Thursday of November Thanksgiving Day. Gathering the harvest and the importance of the home front to produce food. Home front gardeners are as important as soldiers.
"In giving thanks for the greatest harvest in the history of our…
Importance of food to the war effort. Outlines the food plan/ program for 1944.
"Much credit is also due to the patriotic men and women who spent so much time and energy in planting twenty million victory gardens in the United States, and helped…