HYDE PARK, N.Y. — On March 13, 1933, nine days after a newly elected Franklin D. Roosevelt declared in his first inaugural speech that the nation had “nothing to fear but fear itself,” Charles W. Chambers dashed off a typewritten letter to the new president. It stated simply: “ATTABOY.” That letter is among the hundreds […]

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Originally Published: September 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM EDT

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