On this date in White House History, October 12, 1938

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October 12, 1938

President Franklin Roosevelt, a former assistant Secretary of the Navy, sends a letter to the Secretary of the Navy in honor of Navy Day, "in accordance with the established custom of setting apart the birthday of Theodore Roosevelt for that purpose."