In Roosevelt's Bright Shadow

In 1938, Franklin Roosevelt, the thirty-second president of the United States, received an honorary degree at a special outdoor convocation on the Queen's University campus. He pledged that day, in a speech, that his nation would defend Canada if the Dominion was ever attacked. This work highlights Roosevelt's speech and examines his visit.Highlights Roosevelt's 1938 speech pledging to defend Canada if the Dominion was ever attacked