Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, in Washington

The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial pays tribute to the thirty-second president of the United States, who led the country from 1933 to 1945. The Washington audio-guided tour stops here, with respect, to evoke this vast landscaped memorial dedicated to the president of the Great Depression and the Second World War.

The tribute to the president of the Great Depression

Here is a tribute to the thirty-second president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who led the country from 1933 to 1945. He is a president who profoundly marked the nation, because he governed during a great part of the Great Depression, this terrible world economic crisis that began at the end of the 1920s, then during the Second World War. To get the country out of the crisis, he led an audacious policy of great works and social reforms that remained famous, and he then led the United States into the world conflict alongside the Allies. The only president elected four times, he remains one of the major figures of American history. The memorial, inaugurated at the edge of the Tidal Basin, distinguishes itself from the others: it is not a temple, but a vast landscaped course in the open air, organised in four spaces corresponding to his four mandates. There you walk along walls of granite, statues, waterfalls, pools and engraved quotations, that evoke the trials and the hopes of his era. A place of memory and reflection, it honours his action and his heritage. A landscaped memorial and a tribute to a great president, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial is discovered with respect.

What to see

Here you discover, with respect, the memorial dedicated to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, thirty-second president who led the country from 1933 to 1945, during the Great Depression then the Second World War, and the only president elected four times; at the edge of the Tidal Basin, this vast landscaped course in four spaces, made of granite walls, statues, waterfalls and engraved quotations, evokes the trials and the hopes of his era. The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial is a place of memory of Washington. It is a stop to be discovered with respect.

Practical information

The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial lies at the edge of the Tidal Basin, on the National Mall, in Washington, reachable on foot. It is an open-air landscaped memorial, freely accessible. It is best to visit it with the respect due to this place of memory.

Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, honoured by this memorial in Washington?

The thirty-second president of the United States, who led the country from 1933 to 1945: he governed during the Great Depression, which he fought by a policy of great works and social reforms, then during the Second World War, and was the only president elected four times; his memorial, at the edge of the Tidal Basin, is a vast landscaped course in four spaces corresponding to his mandates.

Where is the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington?

At the edge of the Tidal Basin, on the National Mall, in Washington, in the United States.