Washington, DC - Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Block

Address:
9th Street NW, Washington, DC [Show Map]
Directions:
Corner of 9th Street NW and Pennsylvania Ave. NW, in front of the National Archives.
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Washington, DC - Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Block

This rectangular block of white marble is inscribed "In Memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1882-1945."

The idea grew out of a conversation that Franklin Roosevelt had with Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter on September 26, 1941. Frankfurter reported that Roosevelt had said that if he were to have a monument in Washington, it should be in front of the National Archives and it should be no larger than his desk. And that is its size: 3 feet tall, 7 feet long, 4 feet wide. It was funded through an anonymous group of friends whose names are sealed into the base, and dedicated on the 20th anniversary of FDR's death, April 12, 1965. [RoadsideAmerica.com Team, 05/03/2007]

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