President Franklin Roosevelt Visits Boise

President Franklin Roosevelt Visits Boise. President Franklin Roosevelt's Speech. , President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited Boise on September 27, 1937. The president’s motorcade passed by numerous schools on the tour of the city’s North and East End neighborhoods. Excited students stood outside to catch a glimpse of and welcome the Roosevelts on their historic visit., A crowd of over 15,000 people assembled around Seventh and Bannock streets to listen to the president’s remarks. The president complimented Boise’s tree-lined boulevards and vibrant children. He also noted the value of natural resource management and conservation. Roosevelt proclaimed Boise Valley a prime example of American ingenuity as seen by the innovative uses of water resources, management of timber lands, and the prosperity of the region’s agricultural industry., Captions , President Franklin Roosevelt’s motorcade route in Boise, September 27, 1937. The route passed many schools, including North Junior High and Roosevelt Elementary, the latter named in honor of President Franklin Roosevelt’s famous distant cousin, former President Theodore Roosevelt. Many students enthusiastically greeted the motorcade as it passed., Boise dignitaries welcome the Roosevelts at the train depot., Idaho Senator William Borah introduces President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a Boise crowd at Seventh and Bannock Streets, September 27, 1937. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt appears in the background., Supportive crowds greeted President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor as they departed the Boise Depot and made their way through the North and East Ends on their motorcade tour., The president’s tour lasted roughly an hour. The motorcade tour of Boise traveled past local New Deal projects including a number of Boise schools. The route crisscrossed Boise’s North and East End neighborhoods, an event many Boiseans remembered fondly decades later., The president complimented Boise and its children in his speech, while he reiterated the New Deal’s focus on conservation of water and timber resources and “better coordination of our industrial activities.”, People packed along the streets and clustered on the roof of the Federal Building attest to Boise’s eager welcome of President Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor. A crowd of more than 15,000 assembled to listen to Roosevelt’s remarks.