FDR Memorial Archive
Flipbook with Archives
- Jan - 14 - 2021
The FDR Memorial Legacy Committee (FDR Committee), as part of the DC Community Heritage Project (DCCHP), is proud to unveil the initial archives chronicling the history of the fight for disability representation at the FDR Memorial, DC led by people with disabilities from 1995-2001.
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Campaign Leaders
- Jan - 08 - 2021
Disability advocates worked tirelessly in the fight to add the wheelchair statue at the FDR Memorial. Learn more about some of the important leaders of the historic campaign.
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Meet the Artists: Lawrence Halprin
- Jun - 01 - 2020
In 1974 Halprin was selected by the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission to design a 7.5-acre site along the edge of the Tidal Basin, adjacent to the National Mall. He created four outdoor rooms, organized in a sequence to tell the story of the U.S. during the four terms of Roosevelt’s presidency. The rooms (built of red granite) and water features escalate in complexity as the narrative progresses. Twenty-one inscriptions of Roosevelt’s words are carved into the granite walls.
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