Remembering Roosevelt on April 12, 2018

While posing for a portrait on April 12, 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt suffered a fatal stroke at his modest home in Warm Springs, Georgia. Today, the “Unfinished Portrait” is featured at Roosevelt’s Little White House Historic Site which showcases many exhibits, including his 1938 Ford convertible with hand controls. Join historians on April 12 for the 73rd annual commemorative ceremony with color guard and keynote speaker David Woolner of the Roosevelt Institute and author of The Last 100 Days: FDR at War and at Peace. Visitors can tour FDR’s home, which has been carefully preserved much as he left it. Just down the road is F.D. Roosevelt State Park with hiking, camping, cabins and CCC-era facilities. Be sure to see the life-size sculpture of this beloved president at Dowdell’s Knob overlook.

 

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