1939 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt February 2026 September 2021 July 2021 1939 State of the Union Address 1939 01 04 House Chamber, United States Capitol Washington, D.C.Joint Meetings, Joint Sessions, & Inaugurations US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives https://history.house.gov/Institution/Joint-Sessions/Joint-Sessions/ history.house.gov 21 October 2024 en 38 53 23 N 77 00 32 W region:US-DC_type inline,title State of the Union Address Franklin D. RooseveltJohn Nance GarnerWilliam B. Bankhead Previous 1938 State of the Union Address Next 1940 State of the Union Address The 1939 State of the Union Address was given to the 76th United States Congress, on Wednesday, January 4, 1939, by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd United States president. Foreseeing World War II, he said, "In Reporting on the state of the nation, I have felt it necessary on previous occasions to advise the Congress of disturbance abroad and of the need of putting our own house in order in the face of storm signals from across the seas. As this 76th Congress opens there is need for further warning. A war which threatened to envelop the world in flames has been averted; but it has become increasingly clear that world peace is not assured."http://www.infoplease.com/t/hist/state-of-the-union/150.html State of the Union Address: Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 4, 1939) InfoPlease 28 July 2018 On September 1, 1939, the War in Europe began. Roosevelt ended his speech by quoting the closing lines from Abraham Lincoln's 1862 State of the Union Address when he said the following: Once I prophesied that this generation of Americans had a rendezvous with destiny. That prophecy comes true. To us much is given; more is expected.This is an allusion to Luke 12:48. This generation will "nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth. . . . The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just—a way which if followed the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless."Annual Message to Congress Franklin D. Roosevelt January 4, 1939 The American Presidency Project March 11, 2024 https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/annual-message-congress References Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Sixth State of the Union Address 1939 State of the Union Address 1938 State of the Union Address 1940 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1939 Category:Speeches by Franklin D. Roosevelt Category:Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt Category:76th United States Congress State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Category:1930s State of the Union addresses Category:Washington, D.C., in World War II