The Franklin D. Roosevelt memorial, in many ways, tells the story of disability representation in the country.

The FDR Memorial: Who Speaks From the Wheelchair? By Rosemarie Garland-Thomson January 26, 2001. As public spaces transformed into collective stories, memorials are inherently controversial.

President Clinton will unveil a statue of Franklin D. Roosevelt seated in his wheelchair on Wednesday at the FDR Memorial, ending an emotional six-year campaign led by disability advocacy groups ...

The wreath-laying ceremony took place at the portion of the FDR Memorial where there is a life-size statue of President Roosevelt seated in his wheelchair –– and on July 26, 2021, the 31st ...

I was ready, very ready, to like the new Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington. After all, I love memorials and I deeply admire Roosevelt. How disappointing that the memorial to the grea… ...

NEW YORK — George Washington, a Virginian, has his statue on Wall Street, Ohio-born Ulysses S. Grant has his tomb overlooking the Hudson. But for reasons nobody can easily explain, New York ...

When he was alive, Franklin Roosevelt strove mightily to keep people from seeing him in his wheelchair. Now, more than half a century after his death, he is still succeeding. A 7.5-acre memorial to… ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — After a couple’s son was allegedly buried “in a decrepit, mud-torn, weed and trash-infested section of Roosevelt Memorial Park,” the couple has filed a more than ...

When you think of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in D.C., one spot in particular may come to mind —the Tidal Basin. The monument most closely associated with the only U.S. president to ...

WASHINGTON — After more than 40 years of rancorous debate over funding and design, the $52 million Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial is finally under construction here.The project will ...

Elliott Roosevelt III, his wife Emily, and children Thatcher, Charlotte and Jameson stand in front of the FDR prayer plaque at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., on the 79th ...