罗斯福总统纪念馆

一次充满历史气息的旅行,从参观大萧条时期到看到总统逼真地坐在轮椅上。或步行,或骑车,或坐出租,都不虚此行,去瞻仰一连四任的总统。

这里是对美国历史上艰难时期有所作为的一位伟大总统的绝好纪念。很喜欢他们并没有掩饰他患小儿麻痹症的事实,这可给予那些有视力和听力等轻微残疾的人们以信心,并且说明了他们如何把Eleanor Roosevelt纳入计划之中。

我是晚上来到这个纪念碑的——墙上的那些警句我都很喜欢。我希望以后能有机会白天去一趟,因为好像看到有个博物馆一样的建筑,就在纪念碑旁……

我非常喜欢瀑布和这些雕像,但感觉罗斯福受到了不公正待遇。尽管他将美国拖出大萧条,战胜了纳粹和日本,而且他还是坐在轮椅上的,但感觉人们给他的尊敬还不够。

其实我觉得每年很多慕名来这里的游客应该都是赶在春天的时候来看樱花的。因为虽然这边就这样这个纪念馆，但是出去外面就是这个人工湖，如果我也赶在春天来，应该是超漂亮的了。只可惜夏天樱花树上都是叶子。

罗斯福总统纪念馆，是专门为纪念美国第32任总统富兰克林?德拉诺?罗斯福而由美国政府出资设计并建造的。纪念馆于1997年正式开放。纪念馆全部建筑以石墙分隔成四个部分，代表着罗斯福执政的四个时期：以浮雕再现了罗斯福宣誓就职时的情形。大萧条时期排队领救济粮的美国人和大萧条中的农夫农妇。罗斯福总统雕像比真人大一倍的总统坐像，罗斯福身披斗篷，面容坚毅。罗斯福总统最重要的工作伙伴——罗斯福夫人依莲娜，为纪念她对联合国做出的贡献。

Popped in on the walking way to the Jefferson Memorial. The story telling of this massive complex is a review of that time in our nation's history as well as a reflection on his leadership. A great opportunity to talk with young people about this time of near history that is already passing from our collective memories.

The FDR Memorial is both a peaceful place to repose and as well as a truly educational (and moving) depiction of his impact on our country and world history.

We visited the FDR memorial with the kids and it was a very nice stop on the tour, this is one of the newer memorials and it is very well done. It has been set up in stages of his presidency and to show what he did for the country. and FDR is one of the most influential presidents we have had.

You might not know how beautiful this memorial is and that it is so large. Unfortunately when we visited the waterfalls weren't operating. It is an inspiring memorial and you need to be sure you walk all the way down to the far end. The quotes on the walls are poignant. The art and sculptures are well done. It's a real gift to America and to tourists to visit this memorial. One of the best in WDC.

a large area with several monuments of FDR and one if his wife Elenor. We had been reading about the Rooservelts so it meant a great deal to us to see it.

You'll be happy you ventured "off the beaten track" to see this outdoor memorial to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. You can wander through outdoor "rooms," each representing one of Roosevelt's terms. Each has fantastic sculptures plus water features and beautiful landscaping. Then take a short walk over to the Tidal Basin through the famous cherry trees, sit down and, and enjoy the view.

On our last day in Washington we walked to the west end of the National Mall and visited the many monuments and memorials there. I hadn’t known there was an FDR memorial in the area, but when we ran into it I was very keen to see it, given that we'd stopped at the FDR Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York only six weeks earlier.The FDR Memorial covers 7.5 acres that stretch along the southwestern shore of the Tidal Basin, making it the largest memorial in the National Mall. The open-air memorial is broken up into sections or "rooms" that represent each of FDR's four terms in chronological order. It's best to come from the direction of the Lincoln Memorial, as we did, rather than the Jefferson Memorial so you'll see these “rooms" in order.Unlike those other memorials, which are covered and feature one large statue, the FDR Memorial is uncovered and features many quotes, sculptures, waterfalls dispersers among the aforementioned “rooms.”Near the entrance to the memorial is a bookshop, which we didn't enter, and a ten-foot bronze statue of FDR sitting in a wheelchair. He survived polio but his legs remained paralyzed and he hid this condition during his presidency. An earlier statue shows FDR sitting in a chair that's almost entirely obscured by a cloak. The second statue was added in 2001 to depict FDR as he really lived.Nevertheless, the earlier statue is my favorite, since it includes the president's beloved Scottish terrier, Fala, who is the only presidential pet so honored. The pooch survived FDR by seven years, dying only two days shy of his 12th birthday, and is buried with the Roosevelts in the rose garden of their home in Hyde Park.Another sculpture that struck a chord with me was "The Fireside Chat" by George Segal, which shows a man listening to one of FDR's radio broadcasts on an old-fashioned cathedral-style radio. I'd heard FDR's Social Security broadcast on just such a radio in the Presidential Museum at Hyde Park.Yet another memorable sculpture by the same artist—one that presents a great photo opportunity—is "The Breadline," which shows a row of life-size figures waiting in a line for bread during the Great Depression. I saw a couple of people standing at the end of the breadline having their picture taken. The rest of my group had already moved on, and I was too timid to ask a stranger to take a picture of me in line, which I now regret.We visited Washington in early February, and unlike back home in Southern California, there were no leaves on the trees and no blooming flowers. We remarked to each other how nice the FDR Memorial must look during a warmer season.Besides the flowers and leaves, another thing missing was the water in the waterfalls, which must have been turned off due to the cold. That’s unfortunately, since the waterfalls play an important part in the design of the memorial.For example, the water in the first “room,” which depicts the start of FDR’s presidency, flows as an unbroken sheet. However, the waterfall in the third “room,” which covers World War II, looks like water is streaming through gaps in a broken wall of large blocks, some of which lie scattered in front of the waterfall. This no doubt represents the turmoil of the war.As I’ve already said, this memorial is unlike the others nearby, but I think it’s beautifully designed and very fitting for FDR’s long and eventful presidency. There’s actually more to see, learn about, and contemplate here than at those other, more well-known memorials.

This memorial was truly a history of Franklin Delano Roosevelts time in office. It was wonderful and a great representation of the times that surrounded is time in office-the radio, the war, the rebuilding. It is really nice.

It was snowy and icy, so much of the walkways were covered and difficult to manage. It would have been much nicer in a warmer temperature. One of his famous quotes "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself" was sadly covered up by a tree branch, so photos were not possible.