1. The FDR Memorial is for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The memorial is a 7.5 acre memorial. There is also a 10 foot statue there of F.D.R. in a wheelchair. If you were to add 20 feet to the statue and then triple that size; what would be the new size?
2. There is now 7.5 acres of land at the memorial. If they were to double the size of it and then fill in 10 feet of the Tidal Basin and then double that; what would be the total amount of acreage at the FDR Memorial then?

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3. If the height of the Franklin Delano Memorial wall is 12 feet tall how many meters would that be?
4. If the volume of the concrete at the Franklin Delano Memorial is 8,200 cubic yards how much would that be in cubic meters?
5. If the size of the grounds at the Franklin Delano Memorial is 7.5 acres, how much does that measure in square meters?
   

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1. Who was the 32nd president?
2. Where is the monument located?
3. How tall is the statue of the Roosevelt in the Wheel Chair?
   

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1. Was it true that Roosevelt was president for 12 years?
2. Was it a fact that Roosevelt was not the only president to serve 4 terms?
3. Was it true that Roosevelt served as president until 1933 until his death in 1945?

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     The FDR Memorial dedication took place on May 2,1997. The memorial was to be built in honor of Franklin Delano Roosevelt our 32nd president. The 7.5 acre memorial was designed by five sculptors named Leonard Baskin, Neil Eastern, Robert Graham, Tom Hardy, and George Segal.
     At the memorial there are four rooms which all serve as meanings of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. There are four because he served as president for four terms and was president until his death. The first room tells visitors about the first term of his presidency when most people where unemployed. In that room there are perhaps Franklin’s most famous words which are: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” During Franklin’s first term Franklin helped many people find jobs and did all he could do for them.
     The second room is based upon his second term as president. This room displays Franklin’s talks about the New Deal, which created social security, worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, welfare, and fair labor standards. This room also displays sculptures of people during the Great Depression and the other side of the wall are accomplishments of the New Deal.
     The third room is about the period from 1941-1945 during W.W.II. To get to the path you walk along the granite path and then walk into the room to hear the noise of the chaotic waterfall rushing down. In the room there is also a quote from FDR which details his feelings of the war. The quote is as follows: “I have seen the war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.”
     The fourth room is details of FDR’s last term as president which only lasted until April of that year, 1945. The room details the nation’s mourning of the death of their father figure “Franklin Delano Roosevelt”. It also shows all his creations and help to the world and also his efforts to bring the war to an end.

      The Franklin Delano Memorial ground breaking ceremony was on September, 1991 and the workers begin of the work on the memorial on October, 1994. The memorial was dedicated on May 2, 1997. It was designed by Lawrence Halprin and the cost of the memorial was $48,500,000. The ground where the memorial was going to be built was 7.5 acres. 
     The height of the memorial wall is 12 feet which is 3.66 meters. There are four rows of blocks in each wall. and 900 supporting pilings in the memorial. The amount of concrete in the memorial equals a volume of 8200 cubic yards or 6269 cubic meters. There is 4000 granite blocks in the memorial. The weight of the memorial stones is 6000 tones which is equally to 5443.11 metric tones. The mother stone in the memorial is 29x6 feet in room three. The walls, the paving stones are made out of Pink Carnelian Granite and the benches and the other gray stones. The memorial is a great way to remember a great president.

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1. # 90 
2. # 35 acres
3. 3.66 Meters
4. 6269 Cubic Meters
5. 350 Square Meters

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1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
2. Famous cherry tree walk on the tidal basin near the nation mall.
3. 10 feet
   

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1. True
2. Fiction. He is the only one to serve four terms.
3. True

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