Philadelphia Inquirer
US · 37 mins ago
FDR sent federal troops to break a racially tense transit strike on this week in Philly history
On Aug. 5, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dispatched about 5,000 troops to Philadelphia to intervene in an ugly transit strike.
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