This sound recording captures a National Broadcasting Company (NBC) correspondent’s report of the arrival of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s funeral train at Union Station, Washington, DC, and the procession from Union Plaza down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House. You can also listen to this in our main National Archives online catalog.
Description of FDR's Funeral Train and Procession
- 4/14/1945
Description
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of War Information.
National Archives Identifier: 2353526
Full Citation: Sound Recording 208.134; Description of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Funeral Train and Procession; 4/14/1945; Sound Recordings Relating to World War II, 1942 – 1945; Records of the Office of War Information, Record Group 208; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/fdr-funeral/, April 13, 2026]
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