Laredo International Airport is within the Laredo city limits, while the Quetzalcoatl International Airport is nearby in Nuevo Laredo on the Mexican side. Laredo has the distinction of flying seven flags (the Flag of the Republic of the Rio Grande in addition to the Six Flags of Texas). Founded in 1755, Laredo grew from a village to the capital of the brief Republic of the Rio Grande to the largest inland port on the United States-Mexican Border.
Franklin Pierce served as President from March 4, 1853, to March 4, 1857. He was the first President to âaffirmâ his oath of office instead of swearing it (the only other president to do this has been Herbert Hoover).
On this day in 1940, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who first took office in 1933 as Americaâs 32nd president, is nominated for an unprecedentedthird term. Roosevelt, a Democrat, would eventually be elected to a record four terms in office, the only U.S. president to serve more than two terms.