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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  • Fala At Sea Prime Minister Winston Churchill (seated, third from left) and President Franklin D. Roosevelt (seated, center) pose with unidentified men aboard the U.S.S. Augusta. Also present is General George Marshall (standing, second from right), and President Roosevelt’s dog, Fala, seated at Roosevelt’s feet, ca. August 1941. (Truman Presidential Library) History of the Atlantic Charter

    Fala At Sea

    Prime Minister Winston Churchill (seated, third from left) and President Franklin D. Roosevelt (seated, center) pose with unidentified men aboard the U.S.S. Augusta. Also present is General George Marshall (standing, second from right), and President Roosevelt’s dog, Fala, seated at Roosevelt’s feet, ca. August 1941. (Truman Presidential Library)

    History of the Atlantic Charter

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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

    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)

    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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