page_title: 1941 in the United States
section_title: March
hierarchical_section_title: 1941 in the United States / Events / March
caption_attribution_description: Used to be Image:3c28765t.jpg Description was taken from that page. TITLE: [President Franklin D. Roosevelt, half-length portrait, seated at desk, looking down, signing H.R. the lend-lease bill to give aid to Great Britain, China and Greece] CALL NUMBER: NYWTS - BIOG--Roosevelt, Franklin D., President--Signing Bills [item] [P&amp;P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-128765 (b&amp;w film copy neg.) Publication may be restricted. For information see "New York World-Telegram &amp; ...," (https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/076_nyw.html) MEDIUM: 1 photographic print. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1941. NOTES:
context_page_description: Events from the year 1941 in the United States. At the end of this year, the United States officially enters World War II by declaring war on the Empire of Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
context_section_description: March – Captain America Comics #1 issues the first Captain America & Bucky comic.
  March 1
  W47NV begins operations in Nashville, Tennessee, becoming the first fully licensed commercial FM radio station.
  Arthur L. Bristol becomes Rear Admiral for the United States Navy's Support Force, Atlantic Fleet.
  March 17 – National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  March 22 – Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
  March 27 – World War II – Attack on Pearl Harbor: Japanese spy Takeo Yoshikawa arrives in Honolulu, Hawaii and begins to study the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor.
  March 30 – All German, Italian and Danish ships anchored in United States waters are taken into "protective custody".
caption: March 11: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act
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