"Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial - Washington, D.C." - Memorial Bookstore
Posted by: tiki-4
N 38° 53.036 W 077° 02.645
18S E 322702 N 4305882
There is a Passport Cancellation Station in the Visitor Center/Bookstore.
Waymark Code: WM3H9
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 11/07/2005
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Located along the famous Cherry Tree Walk on the Western edge of the Tidal Basin near the National Mall, this is a memorial not only to FDR, but also to the era he represents. The memorial traces twelve years of American History through a sequence of four outdoor rooms-each one devoted to one of FDR's terms of office. Sculptures inspired by photographs depict the 32nd President: A 10-foot statue shows him in a wheeled chair; a bas-relief depicts him riding in a car during his first inaugural. At the very beginning of the memorial in a prologue room there is a statue with FDR seated in a wheelchair much like the one he actually used.
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