Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park is the hometown of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), 32nd President of the United States (1933–1945). His estate, Springwood, is the site of the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site maintained by the National Park Service. Also on the site are his presidential library and museum. Roosevelt used this residence throughout his life. FDR's historical house is now a museum that can be visited.
The town includes one of the many mansions of Frederick William Vanderbilt, now maintained as Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site.
Val-Kill was the home of Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is located about 2 miles (3 km) away from the home of FDR.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt are both buried in the rose garden of the estate.
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Famous quotes by franklin d. roosevelt:
“Always the heart and the soul of our country will be the heart and the soul of the common man; the men and the women who never have ceased to believe in democracy. Who never have ceased to love their families, their home, and their country.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“The man is a menace.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“We must open our eyes and see that modern civilization has become so complex and the lives of civilized men so interwoven with the lives of other men in other countries as to make it impossible to be in this world and out of it.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“I ... believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)