I'll leave two Related Links - one with the entire speech, and another with the effects after the speech.
The entire speech, from start to finish, is about 8 and a half minutes long, very short.
"Infamy" means "great wickedness, disgrace, notoriety". The attack on Pearl Harbor was "sudden, and deliberate". Hence, a day that "will live in infamy". Roosevelt's words were well-chosen.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared December 7 a date that will live in an infamy. Here was his speech: "Members of the Senate, and the House of Representatives. Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in an infamy, the United States of America... was suddenly, and deliberately attacked... by a naval air force of theirs: Imperial Japan. I have asked Congress to declare war on Japan and her allies."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the one who wrote his speech to Congress on December 8, 1941. This speech will be remembered as "The Day That Will Live in Infamy" speech.
It was a speech by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a joint session of congress the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. The attack took place on December 6, 1941 and Roosevelt said it was a "day of infamy". He also declared war on Imperial Japan in that speech.
The entire speech, from start to finish, is about 8 and a half minutes long, very short.
"Infamy" means "great wickedness, disgrace, notoriety". The attack on Pearl Harbor was "sudden, and deliberate". Hence, a day that "will live in infamy". Roosevelt's words were well-chosen.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared December 7 a date that will live in an infamy. Here was his speech: "Members of the Senate, and the House of Representatives. Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in an infamy, the United States of America... was suddenly, and deliberately attacked... by a naval air force of theirs: Imperial Japan. I have asked Congress to declare war on Japan and her allies."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the one who wrote his speech to Congress on December 8, 1941. This speech will be remembered as "The Day That Will Live in Infamy" speech.
Franklin Roosevelt a day of euphony in a speech before congress
It was a speech by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a joint session of congress the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. The attack took place on December 6, 1941 and Roosevelt said it was a "day of infamy". He also declared war on Imperial Japan in that speech.
The date that Roosevelt gave the speech was December 18, 1941. The time he gave his speech I do not know. Sorry. : )You can listen to his speech on this web site www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html.
He was referring to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The infamy refers to the fact that the attack was unprovoked and heinous.
The "day that will live on in infamy" is the phrase that described the attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941
It was a day that would live on in infamy.
pearl harbor attack
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Day of Infamy speech was delivered on December 8, 1941, in response to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese on December 7. The speech aimed to rally the American public and Congress to support a declaration of war against Japan, marking the United States' entry into World War II. Roosevelt characterized the attack as a "day that will live in infamy," emphasizing the need for unity and resolve in the face of aggression.