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Presidents
Franklin Roosevelt Travels

Shaded areas indicate trips taken after the election, but prior to the inauguration.
Destinations
Dates
 Purpose
The Bahamas
United Kingdom
February 6-14, 1933
 Fishing trip. Visit made as president-elect.
Campobello Island
Canada
June 29-July 1, 1933
 Vacation.
The Bahamas
United Kingdom
March 29-April 11, 1934
 Fishing trip.
Cap Haitien
Haiti
July 5-6, 1934
 Informal visit en route to vacation in Hawaii.
Cartagena
Colombia
July 10, 1934
 Informal visit en route to vacation in Hawaii.
Panama City
Panama
July 11-12, 1934
 Informal visit en route to vacation in Hawaii.
The Bahamas
United Kingdom
March 27-April 6, 1935
 Fishing trip.
Balboa
Panama
October 16, 1935
 Informal visit with President Arias while returning to Washington, D.C. from West Coast.
The Bahamas
United Kingdom
March 24-April 7, 1936
 Fishing trip.
Campobello Island
Canada
July 28-30, 1936
 Vacation
Quebec
Canada
July 31, 1936
 Official visit; met with Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir.
Trinidad
United Kingdom
November 21, 1936
 Stopped on the way to South America.
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
November 27, 1936
 Addressed Brazilian Congress.
Buenos Aires
Argentina
November 30-December 2, 1936
 Attended session of Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace.
Montevideo
Uruguay
December 3, 1936
 Official visit; met with President Terra.
Trinidad
United Kingdom
December 11, 1936
 Stopped while returning to the United States.
BaIhoa
Panama
August 4-5, 1938
 Informal visit with President Arosemena during vacation in the Caribbean.
Kingston
Canada
August 18, 1938
 Received honorary degree from Queens University and dedicated Thousand Islands Bridge.
Campobello Island and Sydney, Nova Scotia
Canada
August 14-16, 1939
 Fishing trip.
Bay of Islands and Bonne Bay Newfoundland
(United Kingdom)
August 17-20, 1939
 Fishing trip.
Halifax
Canada
August 21-23, 1939
 Stopped while returning to the United States.
Cristobal, Balboa
Panama
February 27, 1940
 Met informally with President Boyd during vacation.
Jamaica
United Kingdom
December 5, 1940
 Inspected British base sites for possible American use.
St. Lucia
United Kingdom
December 8, 1940
 Inspected British base sites for possible American use.
Martinique
France
December 8, 1940
 Conferred with U.S. officials.
Antigua
United Kingdom
December 9, 1940
 Inspected British base sites for possible American use.
The Bahamas
United Kingdom
December 12-13, 1940
 Inspected British base sites for possible American use. Met with the Duke of Windsor at Eleutheria Island, December 13. Returned to the U.S. December 14.
Argentia, Newfoundland
(United Kingdom)
August 9-12, 1941
 Attended conference with Prime Minister Churchill. Announced the Atlantic Charter.
Trinidad
United Kingdom
January 11, 1943
 Overnight stop en route to Casablanca.
Belem
Brazil
January 12, 1943
 Overnight stop en route to Casablanca.
Bathurst
The Gambia
(United Kingdom)
January 13, 1943
 Overnight stop en route to Casablanca.
Casablanca
Morocco
January 14-25, 1943
 Casablanca Conference with British Prime Minister Churchill.
Bathurst
The Gambia
(United Kingdom)
January 25, 1943
Overnight stop en route from Casablanca.
Monrovia
Liberia
January 26-27, 1943
 Informal visit; met with President Barclay.
Natal
Brazil
January 28, 1943
 Informal visit; met with President Vargas aboard USS Humboldt.
Trinidad
United Kingdom
January 29, 1943
 Overnight stop en route from Casablanca.
Monterrey
Mexico
April 20, 1943
 Part of an exchange of visits with President Avila across the border.
Guebec, Ottawa
Canada
August 17-25, 1943
 Attended First Quebec Conference with British Prime Minister Churchill.
Oran
Algeria (France)
November 20, 1943
Disembarked en route to Cairo.
Tunisia
Tunis
November 22-21, 1943
 Overnight stop en route to Cairo.
Cairo
Egypt
November 22-26, 1943
 Attended First Cairo Conference with British Prime Minister Churchill and Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.
Teheran
Iran
November 27-December 2, 1943
 Attended Tehran Conference with Soviet Premier Stalin and British Prime Minister Churchill.
Cairo
Egypt
December 2-7, 1943
 Attended Second Cairo Conference with British Prime Minister Churchill and Turkish President Inonu.
Tunis
Tunisia
December 7-9, 1943
 Conferred with General Eisenhower.
Malta
United Kingdom
December 8, 1943
 Visited Allied military installations.
Castel Ventrano
(Sicily (Italy)
December 8, 1943
 Visited Allied military installations.
Dakar
Senegal (France)
December 9, 1943
 Re-embarked for the U.S.
Quebec
Canada
September 11-16, 1944
 Attended Second Quebec Conference with British Prime Minister Churchill.
Malta
United Kingdom
February 2, 1945
 Attended Malta Conference with Prime Minister Churchill.
Yalta
U.S.S.R.
February 3-12, 1945
 Attended Yalta Conference with Soviet Premier Stalin and British Prime Minister Churchill.
Great Bitter Lake,
Suez Canal, Alexandria
Egypt
February 13-15, 1945
 Met with King Farouk, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, Saudi Arabian King Ibn Saud, and British Prime Minister Churchill.
Algiers
Algeria (France)
February 18, 1945
 Briefed U.S. Ambassadors to the United Kingdom, France and Italy on the Yalta Conference.


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