History Comes Alive - FDR
Tue, Oct 13
|DEANE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, IN
True stories as told by Franklin D. Roosevelt - portrayed by Neill Hartley
Time & Location
Oct 13, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
DEANE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, IN, 104 Main St, Wellsboro, PA 16901, USA
About the event
Sponsored by America250PA and the Charles Knox & Margaret Etner Foundation
The date is December 29, 1940. Franklin Delano Roosevelt has just been re-elected to an unprecedented third term in office. But the world is in a crisis. Nazi Germany has blazed the path of destruction across Europe, and America may soon be drawn into war.
Watch this famous moment come to life, as you meet with the President just prior to his delivery of the famous “Arsenal of Democracy” speech. Learn what President Roosevelt was thinking, and listen to his plea for the support of our Allies. Experience first hand the history that shaped our nation.
Neill Hartley is Franklin Delano Roosevelt in this fully staged historical presentation that will entertain and educate audiences from school age to adult. Following the presentation, there will be time for comments and questions for the one of the most influential presidents of…