Roosevelt is the only president ever elected to a third and then a forth term, which unfortunately he didn’t serve, dying of a cerebral hemorrhage in March 1945. Being in office for such a long time allowed him to guide along many social programs and civic projects that are still in use today – social security, bank insurance, child labor laws, minimum wage, collective bargaining, dams for flood control and electricity, new schools, hospitals, airfields, museums, and one of our favorites- roads, lodges, picnic shelters, tree planting, and much more in national and state parks.
The site includes a visitor center where a movie is shown ; Roosevelt’s home, Springwood; the presidential library and museum; the Roosevelts’ gravesite and gardens; and Roosevelt’s retreat, Top Cottage. The museum is being renovated and is scheduled to open in June 2013. In the meantime a very good temporary exhibit is open with displays about both Franklin and Eleanor plus four large video screens with photographs and film clips.
The visitor center is accessible. The theater has movable chairs in the last row. The museum is accessible. The paths to the grave site and gardens are surfaced with small gravel or pavement.The house has a ramp to access the first floor and a wheelchair lift to access the second floor. The second floor has narrow hallways so wheelchair users may have to wait until everyone has finished looking in the rooms before looking themselves. We didn’t visit Top Cottage but it should be very accessible as it was designed to accommodate FDR’s wheelchair.
The parking lots are large with long bus/RV spaces. FDR Site
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