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March 6

FDR's Fireside Chat: Reassuring a Nation in Depression

Franklin D. Roosevelt stepped to the microphone to deliver his inaugural fireside chat, directly addressing the panic of the Great Depression with a calm, conversational tone. This broadcast immediately restored public confidence in the banking system, prompting millions of Americans to return their deposited funds and stabilizing a collapsing financial sector within days.

March 6, 1933

93 years ago

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