Bethesda Historical Society

Month: November 2024

FDR Dedicates NIH

President Franklin Roosevelt Dedicates the Opening of the National Institutes of Health in October 1940 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrVZblIYljo On October 31, 1940. President Roosevelt, standing on the portico in front of Building 1, speaks about the role of government in promoting and stimulating research into cancer and other diseases, and the work of the Public Health Service […]