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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. Memorial Honoring. The F.D.R. Memorial honors President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Roosevelt was the 32 nd President Roosevelt led the U.S through the Great Depression and World War II by creating the New Deal. Memorial Appearance.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

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  1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

  2. Memorial Honoring • The F.D.R. Memorial honors President Franklin Delano Roosevelt • Roosevelt was the 32nd President • Roosevelt led the U.S through the Great Depression and World War II by creating the New Deal

  3. Memorial Appearance • The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial was built in 1997 on 7.5 acres • The Memorial features a 10 foot statue of President F.D.R. with his dog Fala • Many other statues at the memorial show a 12 year period that includes the Great Depression and World War II

  4. “I never forgot that I live in a house owned by all the American people and that I have been given their trust.” There are 21 quotes on the F.D.R. Memorial This quote was carved by John Benson The quote means that America isn’t only the governments job, it is the job of all its citizens and in order for it to work productively, everyone must be trusted Memorial Quotes

  5. “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” This quotes means that you should not give to someone who already has a lot, you should instead help out the people who need it Memorial Quotes

  6. Memorial Construction Symbolism • The constructors of the memorial added caster to the back of F.D.R.’s wheelchair on his statue • This symbolically shows that F.D.R. lived his life in a wheelchair

  7. Memorial Construction Symbolism • There are four rooms in the F.D.R. memorial which symbolize the different times during his term as president • In each of the rooms, there is a waterfall which progressively gets larger to symbolize that Roosevelt’s job is getting more complex

  8. Memorial Urban Legends • Franklin Delano Roosevelt is covered in his statue at the memorial because he had polio • People with polio, a disease, were looked down upon • It is thought that the constructors of the memorial tried to hide from the American public that F.D.R. had this disease because it showed weakness

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