Infamy Speech
![Roosevelt delivers the speech to Congress. Behind him are Vice President Henry A. Wallace (left) and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. To the right, in uniform in front of Rayburn, is Roosevelt's son James, who escorted his father to the Capitol.](/Images/godic/202501/08/Fdr_delivers_speech5052.jpg")
![President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt](/Images/godic/202501/08/FDR_in_19335052.jpg")
![A first draft of the Infamy Speech, with changes by Roosevelt](/Images/godic/202501/08/Day-of-infamy-draft1-page15053.jpg")
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The Infamy Speech was a speech delivered by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a Joint Session of Congress on December 8, 1941, one day after the Empire of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The name derives from the first line of the speech: Roosevelt describing the previous day as "a date which will live in infamy". The speech is also commonly referred to as the "Pearl Harbor Speech."