"I can still hear her voice in my head saying like, 'some people use their legs to move around, some people use wheels to move around', and she showed them the statue of FDR in the wheelchair ...

In 2001, a statue was unveiled in Washington, D.C., showing Roosevelt in his wheelchair: an image he had for so long sought to conceal from the public. The wall behind the statue is inscribed with ...

When a national memorial was dedicated to Franklin Roosevelt in Washington, DC, in 1997, controversy arose over whether it should include a statue of FDRin a wheelchair. Hold a mock hearing to ...