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FDR - a reminder that politics was only an instrument with which to achieve government.

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The date Dec. 7, 1941 is one "which will live in infamy," as President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously said, after Japanese forces led an attack on Pearl Harbor.

As information poured in from Hawaii, newspapers across the mainland reacted and pushed the latest updates they could as print allowed.
Check out the gallery above for a look at how local and national newspaper pages reacted to Pearl Harbor.
In Connecticut, headlines about the horrific attack were accompanied by stories on both national and local levels.

The Bridgeport Post front page, now the Connecticut Post, shows headlines reading "Nazi say FDR 'Has His War'" and "Jap Restaurants in Norwalk Close" in addition to coverage of the attack in Hawaii.

The Norwalk Hour also followed the same line of coverage with headlines reading "Local Residents in Battle Zone in the Pacific" and "Mayor's Proclamation" around national focuses.

Other national newspapers continued the trend, with headlines shouting "U.S. Declares War," "It's War," coverage of President Roosevelt's address to Congress and fighting in Manila following approval for the country to join World War II.

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The date Dec. 7, 1941 is one "which will live in infamy," as President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously said, after Japanese forces led an attack on Pearl Harbor. As information poured in from Hawaii, newspapers across the mainland reacted and pushed the latest updates they could as print allowed.

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Dec 7, 1941, was a normal day, my family attended church and then we went out to breakfast at our favorite restaurant

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Waterbury was a wonderful place where everyone was happy during the war, families worked hard and everyone succeeded. I was born here in 1925. My favorite part about living in Waterbury was that it was like a mini Times Square, it was never quiet, there was always something going on.