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	On the FDR Memorial: A Modest Dissent - by Pat Buchanan - Articles, Essays and Speeches - T H E I N T ...
		The "I hate war" quote on a tablet in his memorial, for example, is from a 1936 speech at Chautauqua: "We are not isolationist, except insofar as we seek to isolate ourselves from war.
		I hate war." FDR was posturing as an isolationist, while his own Congress was passing the very neutrality laws that, he would whine four years later, tied his hands in dealing with Adolf Hitler.
		In 1943, FDR declared Germany's "unconditional surrender" to be the Allied war aim, ensuring that Germany would fight to the death, more Americans would die, and Stalin would inherit Hitler's empire.
	www.buchanan.org /pa-97-0516.html (732 words)

	Winter - A New FDR Emerges
		A great change in the perception of FDR since observance of his 100th anniversary until the 125th anniversary this year is that he will soon pass from a figure with personal connotations for millions of Americans to a figure known solely through the filter of books, films, and classrooms.
		FDR is passing from the Kennedy state to the Lincoln state, shifting from a man we knew to a man we study.
		As FDR sailed toward the Atlantic Conference to meet Winston Churchill, a seaman recorded that the President's "face seemed severely drawn, his shoulders looked shrunken, and his whole body seemed to sag toward the middle." Invigorated by the conference, Roosevelt appeared to the sailor as the "champ" of the newsreels.
	www.archives.gov /publications/prologue/2006/winter/fdr-emerges.html (6184 words)

	May 1, 1997
		FDR opened the doors of opportunity for all: sparking the growth of the great American middle class and creating the G.I. bill, the Social Security and unemployment systems, mortgage and bank insurance, the minimum wage and fair labor standards.
		FDR made America the world's indispensable nation: leading the crusade to free the world from tyranny, turning America into a world power and paving the way for the global economy.
		FDR believed in the American community, writing in the speech he was working on when he died: "If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships -- the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together and work together, in the same world, at peace."
	clinton4.nara.gov /textonly/WH/Work/050197.html (438 words)

	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Located along the famous Cherry Tree Walk on the Tidal Basin near the National Mall, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial is a memorial not only to President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but also to the era he represents.
		At the very beginning of the memorial is a statue with FDR seated in a wheelchair much like the one he actually used.
		The new memorial on the Tidal Basin was almost 50 years in the making.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/FDR_Memorial (517 words)

	The history of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
		FDR served as the President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.
		A sampling of the many quotations of FDR sketched into the memorial are: "This generation has a rendevous with destiny." "I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, and ill-nourished.
		It was during his first inaugural address FDR spoke what are perhaps his most famous words, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." During his first four years, FDR created thousands of jobs for people from all walks of life.
	mn.essortment.com /franklindelano_rfcg.htm (872 words)

	Reason magazine -- April 2001, A Rendezvous with Density by Michael Valdez Moses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Placed at the entrance to the FDR Memorial, the statue portrays Roosevelt seated in what is unambiguously a wheelchair, thus inaugurating a mode of political remembrance ostensibly free of false idealization.
		The land on which the memorial stands is in fact composed of mud dredged from the Tidal Basin in the late 19th century.
		FDR grasped more firmly than his epigone, Bill Clinton, who is ever ready to flaunt himself before the American public, the Machiavellian lesson that to wield great personal power in a democracy means to conceal the scope and nature of that power.
	reason.com /0104/cr.mm.a.shtml (1726 words)

	The National Organization on Disability - N.O.D. Programs (FDR Wheelchair Statue Campaign)
		It is undeniable that FDR was one of this country's greatest and most beloved leaders during times that held some of the greatest challenges to our society and all that it stands for.
		Nevertheless, FDR was also known to be comfortable with allowing his disability to be known and shown, particularly in appearances before wounded soldiers or other audience, such as at Warm Springs, Georgia and Howard University in Washington, DC.
		The goal of the FDR Memorial must be to enable future generations to understand the whole man and the events and experiences that helped to shape his character.
	www.nod.org /index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=132 (1132 words)

	FDR Memorial Dedication
		The FDR memorial is only the third presidential memorial dedicated in the United States this century.
		The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission was established by the United States Congress in 1955 "for the purpose of considering and formulating plans for the design, construction and location of a permanent memorial.
		The FDR Memorial is maintained by the National Park Service and is staffed from 8 am to midnight every day of the year except Christmas.
	clinton2.nara.gov /WH/New/html/fdr.html (422 words)

	Statue To Be Added To The FDR Memorial - July 2, 1998
		The sculpture is being added to the FDR memorial, which opened last May, after activist groups for the disabled complained that the existing monument did not do enough to show the former president's disability.
		While he said that he was not certain that the FDR memorial should be used to make a statement about disabilities, he said that he understood the need to promote awareness of the cause.
		The FDR memorial is located on a 7.5-acre site next between the Potomac River and the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
	www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1998/07/02/fdr.memorial (432 words)

	FDR memorial pays tribute to president and his tenure
		For 52 years since FDR's death, the only monument to him in the capital was a stone block - the size of his desk - that stood in front of the National Archives.
		idluienrimuiohsooenunlmuiaoenhdmeoimsfrrnvncaoaseoiemeselirnliicaoiOne criticism of the memorial is that it fails to show FDR in the wheelchair he used after he was stricken with polio in 1921.
		Afterward, when the memorial opened to the public, about a dozen people in wheelchairs held an impromptu news conference in front of a large statue of Roosevelt.
	www.lubbockonline.com /news/050397/fdr.htm (615 words)

	STATUE OF FDR IN A WHEELCHAIR TO BE DEDICATED BY PRESIDENT CLINTON JANUARY 10
		FDR's Memorial will finally acknowledge his significant disability experience, which forged his leadership qualities and enabled him to successfully lead the nation through the worst crises it had ever faced," said N.O.D. President Alan Reich.
		FDR never took an unassisted step after he was stricken with polio at age 39 in 1921.
		In a letter to the New York Times, signed by 18 grandchildren of FDR, they stated, "the goal of the FDR Memorial must be to enable future generations to understand the whole man and the events and experiences that helped to shape his character.
	www.icdri.org /inspirational/statue_of_fdr_in_a_wheelchair_to.htm (776 words)

	CLIP: Contemporary Landscape Inquiry Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Memorial is placed in a location that provides views of the Jefferson Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial as well as views of the Washington Monument across the Tidal Basin.
		The style of the FDR Memorial differs from the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials classic lines and the towering Washington Monument.
		The FDR Memorial is comprised of four rooms, each representing one of Roosevelt’s terms in office.
	www.clr.toronto.edu /cgi-bin/clrdb/VIRTUALLIB/CLIP/clipadd?DB.REPORT=full&DB.RECORD=157 (1424 words)

	FDR Memorial
		The FDR Memorial is for Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
		The Franklin Delano Memorial ground breaking ceremony was on September, 1991 and the workers begin of the work on the memorial on October, 1994.
		The weight of the memorial stones is 6000 tones which is equally to 5443.11 metric tones.
	www.carteretcountyschools.org /aes/dc03/FDRmemorial.htm (983 words)

	Explore DC: FDR Memorial
		The memorial honoring the 32nd President of the United States and one of the towering figures of the 20th century is just west of the Tidal Basin, in West Potomac Park.
		Initially, the memorial did not acknowledge the fact, hidden from the public during his lifetime but now well known, that as a result of the polio that struck him as an adult, FDR could not walk without assistance.
		The FDR memorial is divided into four outdoor galleries, or rooms, one for each of FDR’s terms in office.
	www.exploredc.org /index.php?id=128 (382 words)

	An Eye on D.C. - exploring the FDR Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		What sets FDR's memorial apart from other architectural piles in the area honoring late, great presidents is the contemporary spin on the traditional monument style.
		The fact that the memorial tour is sanctioned as a tactile, as well as a visual experience impressed the steady flow of people on an unusually cold spring Sunday.
		The memorial has something for everyone: from history buffs, appreciators of art and design to fans of water features and the casual sight-seer taking in the best of D.C. It is located at West Basin Drive, Washington D.C. and the main section is open 24-hours a day.
	www.dcmilitary.com /navy/seaservices/9_12/features/28176-1.html (934 words)

	FDR memorial a stroll through history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		They enter in 1933, when Roosevelt sought to pull the nation out of the Great Depression, and move through years of war to the victory that was at hand when the president died in 1945.
		The finish of the memorial's stone walls chronicles the deterioration in the president's health - from smooth and fine at the beginning, to rough at the end.
		The visitor sees a life-size bas-relief of FDR in a familiar setting, waving from an open car during the parade after his first inauguration.
	www.lubbockonline.com /news/042797/fdr.htm (358 words)

	WorldStrides
		One of the newest memorials located in D.C., the FDR Memorial is divided into four “rooms,” one for each of FDR’s terms in office.
		FDR Memorial is the first memorial also dedicated to a First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt.
		Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission is established by Congress.
	www.worldstrides.com /sitesandsnapshots/dc_sites/roosevelt.asp (110 words)

	fdr04289 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		A $48 million Roosevelt Memorial to be dedicated Friday along the cherry tree walk at the Tidal Basin in Washington has statues of FDR - but none in a wheelchair.
		Some advocates for the disabled are demanding that a wheelchair-bound FDR statue be added, and President Clinton joined their ranks last week.
		Debate over the issue is especially intriguing because Roosevelt tried to hide his wheelchair from the public and didn't include a wheelchair in his modest memorial request of a small block of granite.
	www.cincypost.com /living/1997/fdr042997.html (338 words)

	CNN - FDR tribute is latest in string of controversial monuments - April 30, 1997
		"This isn't a memorial to him as a person," explains Lawrence Halprin, the designer of the new FDR memorial.
		With memorials for four presidents, Korea, Vietnam and World War II being planned, the Mall is getting crowded.
		But with more memorials, the broad sweep from the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument would be lost.
	www.cnn.com /US/9704/30/fdr.monument (445 words)

	Monumental Controversy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		One of the latest monuments to undergo this process was the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, which was dedicated in May 1997 after fifty years of controversy.
		The FDR memorial is the first in Washington, D.C., designed to be wheelchair-accessible.
		Despite the controversy in planning the memorial, the finished product is a compelling look at our 32nd president and the time in which he lived.
	www.kidscastle.si.edu /admin/channels/history/articles/historyarticle5.html (230 words)

	Leisure Tip 7-26-1999: FDR Memorial
		Carefully designed lighting transforms it into a private, romantic garden of light and shadow with the waterfalls being dramatically backlit and the statues bathed in pools of gentle light while the surrounding parkland and the tidal basin are lost in darkness.
		Evidence of the popularity of the site exists in the loss of green veneer covering FDR?s fingers, the nose of his dog Fala, and Eleanor?s knuckles and rings; they are now bright gold, testimony to the many tourists who have caressed the statues.
		Architect Lawrence Halprin, who often strolls through the memorial unnoticed as a tourist, says this is exactly the kind of interaction he hoped the memorial would inspire.
	www.vre.org /programs/leisure7-26.htm (436 words)

	INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS -- FDR'S HIDDEN DISABILITY
		The sculpture at the FDR National Memorial in West Potomac Park, is the result of years of efforts by people with disabilities, advocates, and Roosevelt family members.
		Even though FDR wheeled around the White House from 1933 to 1945, he and his advisors were worried that the American people, not to mention his enemies, would think his disability made him weak.
		In a letter to the New York Times, sixteen of FDR's grandchildren wrote, "The goal of the FDR Memorial must be to enable future generations to understand the whole man and the events and experiences that helped to shape his character.
	www.inclusiondaily.com /news/special/fdr.htm (1253 words)

	FDR memorial shouldn't conceal disability, educator says (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Demonstrations against the exclusion of FDR's disability are expected at the dedication of a memorial Roosevelt never wanted, Harris said.
		Harris and FDR's granddaughter Nina Roosevelt Gibson, daughter of John Roosevelt, have given presentations on FDR and his disability, using rarely-seen photos of FDR utilizing braces, canes, crutches and wheelchair.
		FDR was known as "Dr. Roosevelt" at his Warm Springs retreat because of his pioneering interest in hydrotherapy, Harris said.
	www.bsu.edu /news/article/0,1370,-1019-274,00.html (317 words)

	William J. Clinton Foundation "Speech by President at FDR Memorial Dedication"
		And now, more than a half-century after he left us, it is right that we go a little beyond his stated wishes and dedicate this memorial as a tribute to Franklin Roosevelt, to Eleanor, and to the remarkable triumphs of their generation.
		The depth and sweep of it was unprecedented when FDR asked a shaken nation to put its confidence in him.
		Let us honor his vision not only with this memorial today, but by acting in the way he would tell us to act if he were standing here, giving this speech, on his braces, looking at us and smiling at us and telling us we know what we have to do.
	www.clintonfoundation.org /legacy/050297-speech-by-president-at-fdr-memorial-dedication.htm (1506 words)

	Southpoint Development / The Main Street WIRE
		This wrap-up report is "Attachment 4" to the current RFP, which includes development of Southpoint "for commercial, residential, or mixed use." While passing references are made to the FDR Memorial and the restaurant-pavilion, the RFP is silent on the existing landmarks and does not overtly restrict development of any portion of the site.
		Unlike the landmarks, which are protected by law, the legal status of the FDR Memorial is uncertain.
		This stand on the Memorial is in sharp contrast to the position taken by previous RIOC administrations.
	www.nyc10044.com /wire/1708/southpt.html (1762 words)

	William J. Clinton Foundation "VP Announces Plans for Addition to FDR Memorial"
		Last year, the Administration worked with Congress to develop legislation authorizing a permanent addition to the FDR Memorial "to provide recognition of the fact that President Roosevelt's leadership in the struggle by the United States for peace, well-being and human dignity was provided while the President used a wheelchair."
		This location, roughly across from the Visitor Center, will be chronologically consistent with the order of the other four outdoor rooms of the memorial and will allow for appropriate scale and lighting, while remaining consistent with the rest of the memorial.
		The committee was charged with reaching consensus as to where and how the memorial should recognize that FDR used a wheelchair while leading the nation through some of its most difficult times.
	www.clintonfoundation.org /legacy/070298-vp-announces-plans-for-addition-to-fdr-memorial.htm (472 words)

	Washington, D.C. -- Monuments & Memorials -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
		The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial is one of the most expansive memorials in the nation.
		The memorial is divided into four outdoor galleries, or rooms, one for each of FDR's terms in office.
		The memorial stands in West Potomac Park, between the Tidal Basin and the Potomac River.
	tourofdc.org /monuments/FDR (793 words)

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