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This small white sailor’s cap has a light blue image of a ship’s wheel with a battleship in the center shooting three beams of light. There are two metal pins on the inside with an elastic attached for securing to Fala’s head. Fala can be seen wearing this cap in the MGM movie short “Fala” released in 1943. (In Roosevelt History)
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Not one to be ignored
Fala had a bone every morning brought up on the President’s breakfast tray. Fala got a full dinner every night. During the day, Fala would beg for food from the White House staff. He was so cute that he was fed all the time and became sick. The staff was asked not to feed him extra food. At night, he slept in a special chair at the foot of the President’s bed. Fala traveled with the President on long and short trips by train, car, or boat. He , of course, met many famous visitors and entertained them with his tricks. He could even curl his lip into a smile for them. (Presidential Pet Museum)
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Fala accompanied the president everywhere, eating his meals in Roosevelt’s study, sleeping in a chair at the foot of his bed. Within a few weeks of his arrival, the puppy was sent to the hospital with a serious intestinal disturbance. He had discovered the White House kitchen, and everyone was feeding him. When he came home, Roosevelt issued a stern order to the entire White House staff: ‘Not even one crumb will be fed to Fala except by the President.’ From then on, Fala was in perfect health. (Gracie’s Bark - A Purely Dog Blog)
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Animal Legends - Fala, FDR’s dog, with an interview of FDR’s grandson Curtis Roosevelt.
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Fala, Scottish terrier of FDR, wearing little sailor’s cap & looking in mirror at country house. Photo: Time Life Pictures./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images Jan 01, 1945 (LIFE)
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Eleanor Roosevelt with Fala at Val-Kill in Hyde Park, N.Y. 1947 (FDR Presidential Library & Museum)
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Arguably history’s best known presidential pet was Fala, a Scottish terrier given to Franklin Roosevelt in 1940 by his distant cousin Margaret Suckley. Fala appeared in political cartoons, news articles, movie shorts, and even FDR’s campaign speeches. Secret Service agents called Fala “The Informer” because, during secret wartime presidential trips, the dog was instantly recognized while out on his walks. But this celebrity was put to good use in 1941 when Fala was named national president of Barkers for Britain. (National Archives)
Photo: FDR and Fala in the White House Oval Study, December 20, 1941.
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i love this! photographer’s dog with Fala at the FDR memorial ” )
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Eleanor Roosevelt and the late President Roosevelt’s dog, Fala, at the dedication of the Franklin D. Roosevelt home at Hyde Park, New York, as a national shrine., 04/12/1946 (National Archives)
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In this photograph, taken early in 1942 during the ARCADIA Conference, Winston Churchill is standing outside the White House with Roosevelt emissary Harry Hopkins and his daughter, Diana, and Fala, the president’s Scotch terrier. Diana appears more interested in Fala than in Churchill. (Library of Congress)
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A presidential bodyguard plays with FDR’s Scottish terrier, Fala. (LIFE)
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Biography of Fala, the Scottish Terrier
Fala was born on April 7, 1940 and given to the President by Mrs. Augustus G. Kellog of Westport, Connecticut through Franklin Roosevelt’s cousin, Margaret “Daisy” Suckley. At first his name was Big Boy. Franklin renamed him ‘Murray the Outlaw of Falahill’ after a Scottish ancestor. His nickname became Fala. Before Fala went to the White House, Daisy taught Fala how to behave and do tricks. He could sit up, rollover, and jump.
Fala went to live in the White House in Washington, DC on November 10, 1940. He spent most of his time there. However, time was also spent at the houses in Hyde Park and Warm Springs, Georgia. While at Hyde Park, Fala often rode in FDR’s car, a Ford, which FDR drove with special hand controls because of his paralysis from polio.
Every morning Fala had a bone that was brought up on the President’s breakfast tray. Fala got a full dinner every night. Throughout the day, Fala would beg for food from the White House staff. He was so cute that the staff could not resist feeding him and he became sick. The President then directed the staff not to feed him extra food. At night, he slept in a special chair at the foot of the President’s bed.
Fala loved to travel with the President on long and short trips by train, car, or boat. As the nearly constant companion of the President, Fala met many famous visitors and entertained them with the tricks he had learned as a puppy. His most impressive trick was curling his lip into a smile. (Read More)
Source: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
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FDR at a picnic on “Sunset Hill” near Pine Plains, NY. Fala is 4 months old. The doll next to the president is a handmade shaker doll made by Mary Garettson of Rhinebeck, N.Y. August 8, 1940 (FDR Presidential Library & Museum)
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Fala photographing the photographers at the White House, April 7, 1942 (FDR Presidential Library & Museum)
