Attempted Assassination of FDR in Bayfront Park in 1933

In February of 1933, prior to his inauguration as the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was nearly assassination in Bayfront Park in Miami, Florida. Here is the timeline.

Cover: FDR speaking at Bayfront Park on February 15, 1933

It was February 15, 1933, and there was great anticipation in Miami for the scheduled visit of the president-elect to the Magic City. After the 1932 election and prior to his March 4^th, 1933 inauguration, Franklin Delano Roosevelt chose Florida as the place where he would take a vacation.  His original plan was to take his private railway car into Jacksonville, board Vincent Astor’s yacht, the Nourmahal, go fishing for several days and then return to Jacksonville to head back up to New York.

However, it was suggested by Robert H. Gore, the publisher of the Fort Lauderdale Daily News, that, on the yacht’s return, Roosevelt attend a rally in Miami, where the president-elect can meet influential party leaders and then leave for New York from there. Roosevelt agreed that this was a good idea.