Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table).

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

Parks Directory of the United States / US National Parks / National Memorials

Address: c/o National Capital Parks Central
900 Ohio Dr SW
Washington, DC 20024
Phone: 202-426-6841;
Web: www.nps.gov/frde/
Size: 7.5 acres.
Established: Authorized as a park on September 5, 1959; dedicated on May 2, 1997.
Location: In West Potomac Park, between the Tidal Basin and the Potomac River, near the National Mall in Washington, DC.
Facilities: Information area, bookstore.
Special Features: Twelve years of American history are traced through a sequence of four outdoor rooms, each devoted to one of FDR's four terms in office. Sculpture 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.

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See other parks in District of Columbia.