John Stossel’s recent column claiming that New Deal reforms did not bring the United States out of the Depression appalled me. The Great Depression caused worldwide economic, social and political ...

I was raised during the Great Depression (1929-1939). I was born several years before the beginning. I remember men riding boxcars (rail cars); they were called “hobos.” Entire families were walking ...

One day in June 2008, Ted Gup's mother gave him an old suitcase that contained a large envelope on which his grandfather had written, "PERTAINING TO XMAS GIFT DISTRIBUTION." Inside were 150 letters ...