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How Do You Spell Fala?
“But all through this we have to remember that there is just one front, which includes at home as well as abroad. It is all part of the picture of trying to win the war. Now, of course, I can’t do anything about it because the thing has got started, and people will continue to refer to the “home front.” It always reminds me of an example I use about things getting started. I have a little dog who is called Fala—F-a-l-a. But in the beginning, everybody got into their heads that his name was F-a-l-l-a, and you can’t break them of the habit. Same thing goes for ‘home front.’” (Laughter) … — Franklin D. Roosevelt: Excerpts from Press Conference, July 27, 1943
Photo: Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., Jan. 7, 1943, FDR Presidential Library and Museum
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FDR’s cousin Laura Franklin “Polly” Delano and Fala, the president’s Scottish Terrier, photographed in 1943 for the “Dogs for Defense” Bond Drive. (Find A Grave)
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Fala, Movie Star
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Fala Accompanies FDR On Tour
Three Army aviation cadets in training at Maxwell Field, Ala., meet Fala, President Roosevelt’s Scottie, who accompanied him on inspection tour of Army camps. (The Southeast Missourian, April 21, 1943)
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Fala In Quebec, With FDR And Churchill
Bevy of press photographers circle Fala, who by this time is used to such goings on. Afterwards some photographers affectionately posed with the dog who put up with this graciously. (LIFE, Aug. 30, 1943)
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VIDEO: FDR and Fala at the White House, 1943
“Here is one chap who usually gets his supper direct from the hand of the president…”
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Promises, Promises
Although denied a part in the allied war strategy talks, Fala, FDR’s pet Scottie, is representing the dogs of America at Quebec. “When the war is over, there’ll be a nice, juicy beef bone every day for every dog,” Fala told reporters while flash bulbs popped and cameras clicked. (Warsaw Daily Union, Aug. 21, 1943)
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FDR and Fala (a still from Fala: The President’s Dog, an MGM short, 1943)
Photo: Turner Classic Movies
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Fala with Winston Churchill (a still from Fala: The President’s Dog, an MGM short, 1943)
Photo: Turner Classic Movies
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Fala, U.S. Ambassador to Canada, with members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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Fala, featured in the The Story of the Canadian Pacific Railway
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Fala reads his biography (a still from Fala: The President’s Dog, an MGM short, 1943)
Photo: Turner Classic Movies
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Fala rolls over for his supper in the White House Study, Washington, DC. 1943 (FDR Presidential Library & Museum)
