Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign will hold it’s first major rally on June 13 at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park in New York City. The speech will be on Roosevelt Island.
The event will be the first time Clinton headlines a rally since she entered the presidential race in April.
“Her speech will lay out her view of the challenges facing this country and her vision and ideas for moving the country forward,” a Clinton aide said Monday.
Clinton aides had considered other locations for the speech, including the former secretary of state’s Chicago birthplace or one of the early nominating states, but eventually settled on Roosevelt Island.
Clinton has been “inspired by FDR’s belief that America is stronger when we summon the work and talents of all Americans and has long admired Eleanor Roosevelt as a role model,” according to an aide.
So far, Clinton’s campaign has consisted mostly of small roundtables and events in the early organizing states. While her team has said they are happy with the pace and strategy behind the small events, others have criticized the campaign.
The rally will also be the first time former President Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton appear at a campaign event, according to senior campaign aides.
After the rally, Clinton plans to visit all four early nominating states in the span of six days.
Clinton will visit Iowa on June 13 and 14, New Hampshire on June 15, South Carolina on June 17 and Nevada on June 18, the aide said.
Clinton first event in Iowa will be a simulcast discussion with organizers on the ground in the first-in-the-nation caucus state. According to the aide, the speech will be simulcast to organizing meetings in almost all of the United States’ 435 congressional districts.
“She will personally ask organizers, volunteers and supporters to reach out and organize their friends, family and neighborhoods to build the type of lasting movement that can overcome the forces stacked against everyday Americans and their families,” the aide said.