ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL, Roosevelt Memorial

Hello, my name’s Rick , and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world: the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial.

It is dedicated to the American president who led the United States out of the Great Depression of 1929 and then to victory in the Second World War. He is the only American president to have been elected four times to the White House.

The monument is the work of architect Lawrence Halprin and was inaugurated by Bill Clinton in 1997. It is made up of a series of sculptures, commemorative plaques and water features surrounded by trees along the bank of the Potomac River. It is split into four open-air rooms, one for each of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidential mandates, within which 12 years of American history are narrated.

The water features are extremely captivating and are a fundamental element, both in terms of the monument’s staging and symbolism.

Each of the four open-air rooms contains a waterfall. As you move from one room to the next, the waterfalls become bigger and more complex, reflecting the increasing challenges faced during Roosevelt’s four presidencies....