Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Quebec City, QC, Canada
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A bust of Franklin Delano Roosevelt is part of the monument honoring his role the 1943 and 1944 Quebec Conferences. It is located at rue St. Louis just east of the St. Louis Gate.
Waymark Code: WMX0GJ
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 11/08/2017
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A life size bronze bust of Franklin Delano Roosevelt is set on a circular bronze plinth on top of a 4' high granite base. Roosevelt is depicted from the neck up. He is looking slightly up. The bust was created by American sculptor Jo Davidson and installed on May 1998.
The front of the base is inscribed in black letters:
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
1882-1945
OEUVRE DE JO DAVIDSON
DON DE LA FOUNDATION
FRANKLIN ET ELEANOR
ROOSEVELT
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
1882-1945
WORK OF JO DAVIDSON
DONATED BY THE FOUNDATION
FRANKLIN ET ELEANOR
ROOSEVELT
A nearby round granite plaque is inscribed:
LES CONFERENCES DE QUEBEC DE 1943-1944.
EN 1943 ET 1944, LE PRESIDENT DES ETATS-UNIS
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
ET LE PREMIER MINISTRE DE GRANDE-BRETAGNE
WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL
DIRIGENT A QUEBEC LES DEUX CONFERENCES
QUI DÉTERMINERENT L'ISSUE DE LA DEUXIEME
GUERRE MONDIALE EN EUROPE
ET DANS LE PACIFIQUE.
7 MAI 1998
NE SERAIT-CE PAS MAGNIFIQUE
SI L'HISTOIRE POUVAIT RACONTER
QUE C'EST A QUEBEC QUE L'ON
A ASSURÉ LA LIBÉRATION
DE LA FRANCE?
WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE KING
PREMIER MINISTRE DU CANADA.
QUÉBEC 1943
THE CONFERENCES OF QUEBEC FROM 1943-1944.
IN 1943 AND 1944, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAIN
WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL
DIRECT TO QUEBEC THE TWO CONFERENCES
WHO WILL DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF THE SECOND
WORLD WAR IN EUROPE
AND IN THE PACIFIC.
7 MAY 1998
WOULD NOT IT BE BEAUTIFUL?
IF HISTORY COULD TELL
QUEBEC IS QUEBEC
ENSURED RELEASE
FROM FRANCE?
WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE KING
PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA.
QUEBEC 1943
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born at Hyde Park, NY on January 30, 1882 into a prominent and wealthy family. He spent nearly his entire life in public life as a New York State Senator (1910 -1913), Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1913), Vice-Presidential candidate with James M. Cox (1920), Governor of New York (1929 -1932) , and president of the United States (1933-1945). He was the only American president to be elected for four terms.
Despite being paralyzed from polio (1921) he led the United States during the worldwide economic crisis known as the Great Depression and World War II. He returned the nation to prosperity and, together with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin, led the Allied Forces to victory against Germany, Italy, and Japan in World War II. He died at Hot Springs, AR, just before the end of the war on April 12, 1945.