The annual commemoration of the 1939 event has come to epitomize the “common touch” that contributed so much to Franklin D. But now it’s a story familiar to a much wider moviegoing audience, ever since Hyde Park on Hudson hit the cinemas in 2012. The tale of the British royals’ bemusement as the American president and first lady defied all customary protocol to feed them hot dogs at an official state picnic at Top Cottage used to be a nugget of quirky local lore known to mid-Hudsonites and serious history buffs alone.
James Church after attending morning services in Hyde Park on June 11, 1939. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada leaving St.
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