FDR's Fala

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's constant companion, Fala, a Scottish Terrier, was the most famous dog in the world. A beloved witness to history, Fala was also the center of political controversy.
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  • Witness to History “During the last week of December (1941), twenty-six nations at war with the Axis had negotiated a declaration of unity and purpose. The document, entitled ‘A Declaration by the United Nations’ … was signed in the president’s study at 10 p.m. As the invited guests gathered round, (Eleanor’s friend, Mrs. Charles Hamlin) recalled, ‘It was as quiet as a church in the study-not a whisper, the only sound came from Fala who was stretched out sleeping heavily-oblivious of the momentous happenings.’” —From “No Ordinary Time” by Doris Kearns Goodwin                 (FDR Presidential Library photo, c. 1940)

    Witness to History

    “During the last week of December (1941), twenty-six nations at war with the Axis had negotiated a declaration of unity and purpose. The document, entitled ‘A Declaration by the United Nations’ … was signed in the president’s study at 10 p.m. As the invited guests gathered round, (Eleanor’s friend, Mrs. Charles Hamlin) recalled, ‘It was as quiet as a church in the study-not a whisper, the only sound came from Fala who was stretched out sleeping heavily-oblivious of the momentous happenings.’” —From “No Ordinary Time” by Doris Kearns Goodwin                

    (FDR Presidential Library photo, c. 1940)

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