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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
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| What you need to now before you go! | Photos | What I learned! |
What you need
to know before you go
to the FDR memorial.
The FDR Memorial is dedicated to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the thirty-second president. During his twelve years in the White House, he sponsored many laws that got America out of the Great Depression and helped get America through World War II. His memorial located between the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials in downtown Washington, D.C.
In 1955 Congress established a committee to build a memorial to Franklin Roosevelt. Several design competitions were held over the years and in 1978, a design was chosen. The memorial took nineteen years to complete from 1978 until 1997. On May 3, 1997, President Bill Clinton dedicated the memorial to Roosevelt.
The memorial is 7.5 acres large. It is divided into four open air rooms that represent Roosevelt's four terms in the White House. The rooms are not easily defined and the memorial is more of a long path. The FDR Memorial is made of South Dakota granite. It has numerous statues, quotes, and waterfalls on its premises.
The FDR Memorial is located halfway between the Jefferson and Lincoln Memorial on the northwest shore of the Tidal Basin. It also located on a peninsula between the Tidal Basin and the Potomac River. The Tidal Basin is an inlet of the Potomac river and the Memorial is near the cherry trees that flank the Tidal Basin.
That is why you should go see the FDR Memorial out of all the sights in Washington, DC. It shows a era gone by and one of the greatest presidents of all time. The memorial is located within walking distance of all the other memorials so you can see all the memorials at once. It is unlike anything else in DC.
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| The group with FDR and his dog. | "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" | ||
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| Eleanor Roosevelt and the United Nations symbol. | "No country, however rich, can afford the waste of it's human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order." | ||
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I learned a lot about FDR at the FDR Memorial. The most important thing was that he was probably one of the greatest presidents of all time. I mean he got America out of the greatest economic crisis of all time. Plus he guided America through the darkest days of World War II. When it looked like there was no way for the Allies to win the war FDR gave one of his fireside chats and everyone was more motivated to win the war. Another thing I learned at the FDR memorial was that Franklin Roosevelt laid the stepping stones for the founding of the United Nations.
Citations
http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa061401a.htm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/tours/fdr/history.htm