It is July 1, 1934.

President Franklin Roosevelt and his sons have boarded the USS Houston in Annapolis harbor for a one-month cruise to the Virgin Islands, Haiti, Panama and Hawaii.

The trip will enable FDR to meet local officials, tour US military facilities and be seen by large crowds of everyday people.

It comes at a difficult time.

The domestic economy, deep in the grasp of the Great Depression, has occupied much of FDR’s time.

But the rise of militarism in Europe and Japan cannot be ignored.

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