Polio, The March of Dimes and the reason why FDR is on the Dime

[LetMyPeopleVote]

I remember working on the March of Dimes fundraisers a long time ago. This made me smile

[rurallib]

1. You can bet kids sent dimes because they were so scared of getting polio

Most everyone knew someone who had polio in their family.

I am old enough to remember the scare of that dread disease. One of my earliest memory is being whacked upside the head when my mother saw me try to take a drink from a public drinking fountain in JC Penny's.

My mom and dad's best friend had polio. We had 2 kids in school who had polio. Swimming pools were shut in our town until I was seven or eight. No sharing drinks from the same pop bottle.

Thank gawd for FDR and the March of dimes. Thanks for the humanitarian Jonas Salk.

Gawd damn Trump and junior Kennedy for creating an environment that might bring it back

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. My sister who is 11 months younger than I am had Polio

One of my earliest memories was of her on crutches. Luckily, she fully recovered.

[Ilsa]

4. Salk and Sabin. At least with the

attenuated virus, more kids eagerly took the vsccine via sugar cube. It was phased out in the late 1990s. I think my oldest got one of the last distributed Sabin vaccines as a baby.

[AverageOldGuy]

3. Just wait . . .

RFK Jr will replace FDR on the dime.

[swong19104]

5. And a dime back then

Is like a dollar or two today.

[roamer65]

12. Based on silver's price right now...$3.42

https://www.coinflation.com/

[Uncle Joe]

6. Kicked and recommended

Thanks for the thread LetMyPeopleVote

[SocialDemocrat61]

7. For more on this

https://www.passporthealthusa.com/2024/05/why-is-fdr-on-the-dime/

[BigmanPigman]

8. I didn't know that...cool!!!

[Easterncedar]

9. K and r

[UTUSN]

10. K&R for, does KENNEDY Junior/QUISLING know?

[roamer65]

11. For the first time since 1946, he won't be on it next year.

For the 250th…1776-2026…Lady Liberty will be back on it for a year.

1946-2025…I believe it has been the longest run of original obverse/reverse of any US coin design.

The Lincoln cent observe stayed the same, but it has had 3 reverse changes.