FDR eleanor roosevelt & joseph smart
Eleanor Roosevelt is shown in this September 1944 photograph with Executive Director Joseph Smart during a visit to Fort Ontario. Mrs. Roosevelt took a keen interest in the refugees and strongly supported the movement to allow them to remain in the US after the war in Europe ended. Geoff Smart, son of Director Joseph Smart, will speak during the 2 p.m. program and discuss his father’s legacy and share his stories of the shelter.
