Roosevelt Island in Manhattan in New York County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1882 - 1945
In the future days which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression - everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way - everywhere in the world. The third freedom is freedom from want everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom from fear anywhere in the world. That is no vision of a distant millennium. It is a definite basis for a kind of world attainable in our own time and generation.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, January 6, 1941
[Dedication at the entrance:]
Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park was dedicated October 17, 2012 by President William J. Clinton, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Amb. William J. Vanden Heuvel
Erected 2012 by The Reed Foundation, in honor of Vera D. Rubin and Samuel Rubin.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Government & Politics • Religion & Religious Structures • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is January 6, 1941.
Location. 40° 44.994′ N, 73° 57.676′ W. Memorial
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Regionally, this memorial is in New York City. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Smallpox Hospital (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Jo Davidson (about 800 feet away); Louis Kahn (about 800 feet away); Four Freedoms / Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (approx. 0.2 miles away); History / An Island Named for Roosevelt (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Smallpox Hospital (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Smallpox Hospital
Credits. This page was last revised on January 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 17, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 139 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 17, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
