Graduation Address at the U.S. Naval Academy

Franklin D. Roosevelt

English · History, Politics

Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers a graduation address at the U.S. Naval Academy. The recording offers a direct encounter with the president’s public speaking, centered on a formal occasion honoring the academy’s graduating class.

Listeners can hear Roosevelt’s address as a historical speech rather than a dramatized radio story. Its focus is the ceremony and the responsibilities associated with naval service, presented in the measured, public-facing style of a presidential address.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.