# Did Americans Know That FDR Couldn't Walk?

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [August 19, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-americans-know-that-fdr-couldnt-walk/763288 "2016-08-19T13:08:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-americans-know-that-fdr-couldnt-walk/763288/13 "2016-08-19T20:59:18Z")

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> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#):
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> What I can’t understand is why the illustration for this column looks like Harry Truman.

I was thinking Woodrow Wilson.

> [@running\_coach](#):
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> It looks like only part of the original drawing is there as you can see only the first few letters of _Signorino._

[![](http://i.emlfiles1.com/cmpimg/5/9/3/8/1/1/files/735924_dope_160812_fdr_mailing1.gif) ](http://i.emlfiles1.com/cmpimg/5/9/3/8/1/1/files/735924_dope_160812_fdr_mailing1.gif)

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