ABSTRACT
Franklin D. Roosevelt became so much a part of the nation that when he died in 1945, not long after being elected to a historic fourth term, many people feared that no one could replace him. As FDR’s funeral train made its way across the country, a man was found weeping along the route and he was asked if he had known Roosevelt. “I didn’t know him,” the man replied. “But he knew me.”1 It was a testament to the extent to which FDR had entered the emotional life of his fellow citizens.
