Norman Rockwell Museum Director and CEO Laurie Norton Moffatt has been invited by the Roosevelt Institute of New York City, New York, to join the American delegation to theTo learn more about the awards and American delegation, visit: 2010 International Four Freedoms Award ceremonies, to be held in Amsterdam and Middelburg, The Netherlands, from May 26 through 29, 2010.
Ms. Norton Moffatt was selected to participate in the delegation in recognition of the important
contributions made by Norman Rockwell through his iconic “Four Freedoms” paintings, which interpreted the ideals described by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his famous January 6, 1941 address to Congress.
In the course of his 1941 State of the Union address, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed that in order for democracy to flourish, all people must be guaranteed four basic rights: freedom of worship, freedom of speech and expression, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. In 1942, artist Norman Rockwell was inspired to illustrate Roosevelt’s four freedoms, in order to rally citizen support the war effort.
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