Mr. Rogers wasn’t always the amazing success across the country like we remember him. In 1969, Fred Rogers had to persuade a particularly stubborn Senator Pastore over $20 million in federal funding… which he did in a matter of minutes.
This man will forever live on in our hearts.
“You’ve made this day a special day by just your being you. There’s no person in the whole world like you. And I like you just the way you are.”