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President Clinton will unveil a statue of Franklin D. Roosevelt seated in his wheelchair on Wednesday at the FDR Memorial, ending an emotional six-year campaign led by disability advocacy groups ...
When you think of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in D.C., one spot in particular may come to mind —the Tidal Basin. The monument most closely associated with the only U.S. president to ...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial: This evocative, unusual memorial in Washington, D.C., consists of a series of outdoor galleries with waterfalls, sculptures and famous FDR quotes, such as ...
At the FDR Memorial, they moved an estimated 250 cubic yards of wood chips the equivalent of 10 to 12 dump truck loads to support tree and plant health by simulating a natural forest floor.
No one knows what FDR would say if he returned to a world that treats disability so differently. The only memorial he wanted was the block of marble bearing his name in front of the National Archives.
Of the FDR Memorial, Mr. Halprin said, "When people tell me they love the memorial, I always have one thing to tell them: You really ought to see it at night." That used to be true -- the lighting ...
The remembrance to the 32nd president is projected to cost $40 million. A ghost graffito marks the ruins of the Smallpox Hospital at the site of the planned FDR memorial park on Roosevelt Island ...
400 different volunteers arrived in Washington to work on the FDR Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery in a partnership between the National Association of Landscaping Professionals and the ...