6-January... "Four Freedoms" speech by US President Franklin Roosevelt...


US Postal Administration commemorated US President Franklin Roosevelt with the release of 5-cent postage stamp in the year 1946 as a part of Roosevelt memorial series...

The stamp design shows a three-quarter face portrait of Roosevelt on the left surrounded by clouds, with a globe oriented to show the Americas on the right...  Written across the globe is an expression of the Four Freedoms - Freedom of Speech ; Freedom of Religion ; Freedom from Want ; Freedom from Fear.

The concept of "Four Freedoms" speech was delivered by Roosevelt in his address to Congress on this day (6th Jan) in the year 1941...

With his address to Congress, he declared that isolation from global affairs was not an acceptable position for the United States...

This Stamp can be collected under the themes:

(a) Famous people...
(b) US Presidents / Heads of State...
(c) Globe...
(d) Famous quotes...

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