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Former U.S. Presidents: #32 Franklin D. Roosevelt Historical Markers
By Beverly Pfingsten, October 3, 2016
On this spot Sept. 5, 1938 stood Franklin Delano Roosevelt Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| On Market Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | "It is the privilege of some of us to dream dreams, and some of us to carry out the dreams of others" — — Map (db m3541) HM |
| On Market Street west of North 2nd Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | President Franklin D. Roosevelt made a critical address broadcast by radio to the entire nation from this spot at 2:00 p.m. on Labor Day, September 5, 1938.
He arrived in Denton in a large motorcade led by the local fire company, National Guard . . . — — Map (db m137770) HM |
| On Rose Hill Place at Radiance Drive, on the right when traveling north on Rose Hill Place. |
| | The Choptank River Bridge Prior to the Governor Emerson C. Harrington Bridge which was built over the Great Choptank River in 1935 (the Chesapeake Bay Bridge at Kent Island did not open until 1947) ferries were used to cross the river. President . . . — — Map (db m12698) HM |
| On High Street 0.1 miles north of Water Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | President Roosevelt visited Cambridge on October 26, 1935, to participate in the dedication of the Emerson C. Harrington Bridge. This stack was removed from the U.S.S. Potomac, which carried him on numerous historic occasions. It enclosed the . . . — — Map (db m3965) HM |
| On Catoctin Mountain Highway (U.S. 15) 0.5 miles south of Business U.S. 15, on the right when traveling south. |
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Each year, thousands of visitors come to the Thurmont area to enjoy the Great Outdoors. Uniquely positioned amidst a cavalcade of authentic recreational experiences, the Maryland Main Street designee of over 6,000 residents proudly caters to . . . — — Map (db m159918) HM |
| On West Patrick Street (Maryland Route 144). |
| | Sir Winston Churchill visited the Barbara Fritchie House while en route with Franklin D. Roosevelt from "Shangri-la" to Washington, D.C. — — Map (db m78351) HM |
| Near Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway (Interstate 70) south of Baltimore National Pike (U.S. 40), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Nearby is Camp David, a presidential retreat since Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration, where leaders meet and make crucial decisions that shape our nation and world. — — Map (db m116494) HM |
| | A nationwide program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to perform emergency natural resource conservation work on public lands. The C C C employed millions during the depression and set the standards for the development of our State and . . . — — Map (db m42005) HM |
| On Wood Road 0.6 miles north of Rockville Pike (Maryland Route 355), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Panel at main entrance:
National Naval Medical Center Tower and View has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
Cornerstone inscription at main entrance, north . . . — — Map (db m70906) HM |
| On Wood Road (Maryland Route 355) 0.6 miles north of Rockville Pike (Maryland Route 355). |
| | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt selected this site on July 5, 1938. At the time, the site was a cabbage patch on a run down farm. This property was originally part of the “Clagetts’ Purchase” recorded in 1715. The original 772 acre . . . — — Map (db m61969) HM WM |
| On Center Drive 0.1 miles south of South Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | "The National Institute of Health speaks the universal language of humanitarianism. It has been devoted throughout its long and distinguished history to furthering the health of all mankind....In dedicating this Institute, I dedicate it to the . . . — — Map (db m67765) HM |
| On Macarthur Boulevard 0.3 miles south of Clara Barton Parkway, on the left when traveling west. |
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Have you ever had difficulty finding a job? During the Great Depression of the 1930s, 15 million Americans—a quarter of the nation's workforce—were unemployed. Many people lived in poverty. African-American unemployment rates were two . . . — — Map (db m160747) HM |
| Near Glenallan Avenue east of Heurich Road, on the right when traveling east. |
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Over a hundred years ago an acorn sprouted in this spot. During its long life, the oak provided food and shelter for animals. Tree rings tell the story of a tree's life. Wide rings mean years of good growth; narrow rings may mean drought when the . . . — — Map (db m113949) HM |
| On 60th Avenue at L Street, on the right when traveling north on 60th Avenue. |
| | The first service of the Sylvan Baptist Church was held on the first Sunday in July, 1925, under a brush harbor on this site. The church was organized with six Baptist believers in Christ. Deacons Earl Luckett, John Lane, William Lane, Ambrose . . . — — Map (db m125050) HM |
| Near National Harbor Boulevard south of Capital Beltway (Interstate 95), on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Berry Years
Prosperous planter Zachariah Berry owned thousands of acres in Prince George's County before purchasing Oxon Hill Manor from the Addison Family in 1810. Little is known about his activity on the estate–indeed, it . . . — — Map (db m127693) HM |
| Near Crescent Avenue near Southway. |
| | Welcome to the City of Greenbelt
Unlike most towns that develop gradually over a long period of time, Greenbelt was the first "green town" built in 1936 from scratch as part of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. The entire community was . . . — — Map (db m5038) HM |
| On Campground Road west of Park Central Road, on the right when traveling west. |
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The City of Greenbelt was conceived, built, and for a long time owned by the Federal government. Greenbelt was one of three “green cities” built during the Great Depression. The theory of “green cities” was revolutionary: . . . — — Map (db m41275) HM |
| Near Greenbelt Road (Maryland Route 193) 0.7 miles west of Southway, on the left when traveling west. |
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The City of Greenbelt was conceived, built, and for a long time owned by the Federal government. Greenbelt was one of three “green cities” built during the Great Depression. The theory of “green cities” was revolutionary: . . . — — Map (db m68569) HM |
| Near Centerway between Southway and Greenway. |
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Greenbelt's 1937 Roosevelt Center Mall is one of the first planned shopping areas in the country—a precursor to the modern shopping mall. Greenbelt's planners positioned the mall to be within easy and safe walking distance from all the . . . — — Map (db m195) HM |
| On Toledo Road just west of America Boulevard, on the left when traveling west. |
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The Treaty at Fort McIntosh
On January 21, 1785, sixteen months after the United States had signed the peace treaty in Paris with Great Britain to formally end the Revolutionary War, a peace treaty was signed at Fort McIntosh in Ohio. . . . — — Map (db m145905) HM |
| On Shepherdstown Pike (Maryland Route 34), on the left when traveling north. |
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After the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, soldiers’ families traveled by rail to Hagerstown or Frederick, and then by horse and buggy to the site to recover the bodies of loved ones or to search for survivors. Thus began a constant . . . — — Map (db m1968) HM |
| On Front Street (Massachusetts Route 12) at Pleasant Street, on the right when traveling west on Front Street. |
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Erected in Honor of the Men & Women of Winchendon who served in the Armed Forces of the United States in WWII.
"With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable . . . — — Map (db m151879) WM |
| Near Front Street at Commercial Street, on the left when traveling west. |
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The Japanese Empire, like its European ally Germany, was determined to expand its control in East Asia by "annexing" territory and asserting control over the region. Japan took advantage of the European war to invade and seize French, Dutch, and . . . — — Map (db m151791) HM |
| Near North State Street (Business Interstate 75) at Central Hill, on the right when traveling north. |
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By the 1930's, most of the Eastern Upper Peninsula's virgin forest had fallen under the axe and saw of the early loggers. Fires further ravaged the cut-over areas, leaving a barren landscape. Timber production plummeted just as the whole country . . . — — Map (db m139675) HM |
| On South Harbor Drive just north of Sherman Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | U.S. Coast Guard Women’s Reserve ”SPARS” Created 23 Nov 1942 by Public Law 773 Signed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt — — Map (db m153748) HM |
| On East 8th Street east of College Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | An entertainment destination since 1911, the Knickerbocker has hosted many notable figures, including Harry Houdini and FDR. In the 1920s and 1930s the building was a venue for vaudeville performances and in later years was converted to a movie . . . — — Map (db m153217) HM |
| Near County Highway 30 0.7 miles west of State Highway 4, on the right when traveling west. |
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt Creates the CCC
During the early 1930s close to 40% of America's youth (16 to 24 years old) were unemployed and not in school. Twenty-five percent of adult men were unemployed. Out of this great economic . . . — — Map (db m71893) HM |
| On Riverside Drive 0.1 miles north of Hillsdale Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Once on this site there stood a beautiful red brick and limestone railway station that was part of the great Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway System. It was a stately building that served our community and the Rock Island System proudly for . . . — — Map (db m23173) HM |
| On State Highway Z at Pea Vine Road (State Highway 103), on the right when traveling north on State Highway Z. |
| | During the 1930s, a depression slowly strangled the nation. By 1933, nearly 13 million people suffered unemployment. In March, newly elected president Franklin D. Roosevelt responded with a bill creating the Civilian Conservation Corps. Its purpose . . . — — Map (db m36191) HM |
| On U.S. 60, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Rev. Owen Whitfield with the support of local landowner, Mr. Thad Snow, and 1500 black and white sharecroppers camped here in harsh January weather several days in 1939 to protest the plight of Boot Heel sharecroppers. The event received national . . . — — Map (db m77862) HM |
| On Cherokee Street west of Wisconsin Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | One-third of the American workforce was unemployed. In January of 1933, anxiety about the economy led to panicked withdrawals from the banks. The anxiety grew into frenzy, and the withdrawals turned into a run on the banks. Banks all over St. Louis . . . — — Map (db m124506) HM |
| On Courthouse Avenue south of 13th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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During the 1930s, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal created government programs to counter the effects of the Great Depression. Hundreds of post offices were built and the U.S. Treasury commissioned art for many of them. Twelve Nebraska . . . — — Map (db m78462) HM |
| On Esmeralda Avenue at Fourth Street, on the right when traveling north on Esmeralda Avenue. |
| | The Second Farmer's Bank was constructed in 1918 and operated until 1968. The bank had sound financial resources for its size and in 1933, following a bank moratorium called by President Roosevelt, Farmer's Bank was among the first in the nation to . . . — — Map (db m23700) HM |
| On Paterson Plank Road (County Route 681) at John Street, on the left when traveling west on Paterson Plank Road. |
| | In loving memory
of our war dead
These members of the
United States Armed Forces
gave their lives in World War II
to preserve us a free nation
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States
Armondo A. Alvino • Thomas G. . . . — — Map (db m25519) HM |
| On Voorhees Park Main Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | [Main Marker]:
On October 31, 1933, CCC Company 1268, S.P.-5, arrived at High Bridge, N.J., four years after former Governor Foster M. Voorhees donated his 325 acre farm, known as Hills Acres, to the State of New Jersey to become a park. . . . — — Map (db m16930) HM |
| On West State Street 0.1 miles west of North Willow Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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"The American people, in their righteous might will win through absolute victory."
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Our debt to the heroic men and women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our . . . — — Map (db m160232) HM WM |
| On North Rochdale Avenue (County Route 571), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Front Organized as an agro-industrial Jewish cooperative community by the Provisional Commission for Jewish Farm Settlements in the United States, led by Benjamin Brown (1885-1939), Jersey Homesteads was one of approximately 100 communities . . . — — Map (db m95997) HM |
| On New Jersey Route 23, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The First Public Park Was an Urban Oasis When Europeans first arrived in America the land seemed limitless. However, by the late 1800s settlements stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific. More people were living in crowded cities and needed . . . — — Map (db m24583) HM |
| On North Richardson Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt implemented the “New Deal,” a plan for ending the Great Depression. His economic program was was based on relief, recovery, and reform and included the introduction of the Works Progress Administration . . . — — Map (db m104410) HM |
| On U.S. 285 at North 8th Street, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 285. |
| | The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) provided employment for more than 50,000 young men in New Mexico during the Great Depression as part of President Roosevelt's New Deal Program. Three CCC companies were located where the Carlsbad Hospital now . . . — — Map (db m61461) HM |
| On South Swan Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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By his faith in God and man he built our nation
Erected in 1932 by the
New York State Commission
for the celebration of the
two hundredth anniversary of the birth of
George Washington
Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Governor
Hon. . . . — — Map (db m8126) HM |
| On Interstate 87, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Capital District has long been important as a trading post, military objective and governmental center. Located near the juncture of the Hudson and Mohawk rivers, Albany has been the “crossroads” of the northeast since . . . — — Map (db m56854) HM |
| Near Broadway (U.S. 9), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Memorial Grove was created to honor Bronx men who served in World War II and Korea. The grove is shaded by Pin oaks (Quercus palustris), Red oaks (Quercus rubra), and Norway maples (Acer platanoides). Memorial Grove was first planted in 1949 to . . . — — Map (db m53839) HM |
| On Newtown Reservation Road, on the right when traveling west. |
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Newtown Battlefield Preservation has a special place in the history of African Americans' struggle for equality in the United States. When 180 young African-American men of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Company 1251 arrived to work on . . . — — Map (db m90317) HM |
| Near Albany Post Road (U.S. 9) at FDR Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The building in front of you is the nation’s first presidential library. FDR was deeply involved in every facet of the library’s development. He envisioned the library as a place where the public could examine the evidence of his Presidency and . . . — — Map (db m83109) HM |
| Near Albany Post Road (U.S. 9) at FDR Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | All that is within me cries to go back to my home by the Hudson River. - Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944
It was only when passing through the gates at the end of this road that FDR felt truly at home. Roosevelt loved Springwood’s forests and . . . — — Map (db m83113) HM |
| Near River Road 0.1 miles south of West Market Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Welcome to the Hyde Park Train Station. For more than a century, passenger trains traveling on the New York Central Railroad's New York City to Albany line stopped at this station. The first station on this site was completed in 1851. President . . . — — Map (db m146968) HM |
| On Main Street at Albany Post Road (U.S. 9), on the right on Main Street. |
| | Honor Roll
Of Those Who Served In
World War II and Korean Conflict
From Town of Hyde Park
-----------------------------------
Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice
Brannon, Edward • Bircher, Thomas • Chase, Russell S. • Collins, Raymond • . . . — — Map (db m83631) WM |
| On Albany Post Road (U.S. 9), on the left when traveling north. |
| | James Roosevelt purchased a house on 110 acres alongside the Hudson River in 1867. Both he and his son, FDR, cherished the vista from the south lawn, which provided the backdrop for many family, community, and political events. Eventually, this . . . — — Map (db m93637) HM |
| Near Albany Post Road (U.S. 9) at FDR Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The house before you today is dramatically different from the farmhouse FDR’s father purchased in 1867. Over the years, the home reflected the changing circumstances in FDR’s life. In good times, he expanded the house to meet the needs of his . . . — — Map (db m83110) HM |
| On Albany Post Road (U.S. 9) 0.1 miles north of Circle Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Erected 1844. Attended by Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States, and his family. — — Map (db m83235) HM |
| Near Albany Post Road (U.S. 9) at FDR Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) centered his life on Springwood, the family estate. Whether starting married life with his new bride Eleanor, launching his political career, or recovering from the effects of polio, he always returned here. . . . — — Map (db m83111) HM |
| Near Albany Post Road (U.S. 9) at FDR Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me. - President Harry S. Truman, Roosevelt’s successor.
I’m walking south on Michigan Boulevard and I can’t stop crying. Everybody’s crying. - Studs Terkel, writer. . . . — — Map (db m83112) HM |
| On Civic Center Plaza at Mansion Street, on the right when traveling north on Civic Center Plaza. |
| | As "Queen City of the Hudson River Valley," Poughkeepsie has been a beehive of activity since settlers first established riverfront industries here in the early 1700s. Geography helped fuel the transformation from town to city. The Fall Kill Creek . . . — — Map (db m141937) HM |
| Near Parker Avenue (New York State Route 9G) 0.2 miles east of Washington Street (New York State Route 9G), on the left when traveling east. |
| | Established in 1683, Dutchess County was home to New York's second capital during the Revolutionary War and achieved prominence as an important rail hub. Dutchess County is also Franklin D. Roosevelt's birthplace.
Background photo . . . — — Map (db m145004) HM |
| On Marine Drive 0.1 miles east of Erie Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Dedicated to the memory of the brave men who gave their lives at Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 "A date that will live in infamy," Franklin Delano Roosevelt — — Map (db m88232) WM |
| On Franklin Street at Mechanic Street, on the right when traveling east on Franklin Street. |
| | Godard Town Hall was gifted to the Town of Concord by local benefactress Calista Goddard in 1902, to be utilized for an opera house and office space. With the gift came the promise from the Town that the building always be for public use. The . . . — — Map (db m80750) HM |
| On Whiteface Memorial Highway (New York State Route 431), on the right when traveling south. |
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New York
World War Veterans Memorial Highway
Surveyed 1928 • Completed 1937
During the Administrations of Governors
Alfred E. Smith Franklin D. Roosevelt Herbert H. Lehman
* * * * *
Whiteface Mountain Highway Commission
William . . . — — Map (db m46148) HM |
| On New York State Route 10 at Co. 140 and Woods Road (County Route 140), on the right when traveling south on State Route 10. |
| | Built by Peter Schram in early 1800. Established as Apollo Ballroom, eatery with stabling. Visited by Governors Rockefeller, FDR — — Map (db m131591) HM |
| On LaGuardia Place near Bleeker Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Unveiled in 1994, this dynamic statue of Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia (1882-1947) is by the well-known sculptor Neil Estern (b. 1926). La Guardia, the son of a United States Army bandleader, was born on December 11, 1882, at 177 Sullivan Street in . . . — — Map (db m140734) HM |
| On Avenue B north of East 9th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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Harry Hopkins, one of the most influential non-elected officials in American history, became a Settlement House worker in 1912 at Christodora, where his exposure to the struggles of new immigrants helped shape his thinking about social reform. . . . — — Map (db m145733) HM |
| Near Avenue A at East 7th Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing. |
| | Let us brace our hearts to fresh endurance,
Let us adjust our minds to action, energetic, righteous;
Let us uplift our consciousness by faith invisible
for the nation cannot perish that had a soul so great, so immortal!
-Ignacy Jan . . . — — Map (db m145734) HM |
| On Irving Avenue at Waverly Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Irving Avenue. |
| | US President Franklin D. Roosevelt laid the cornerstone for this building on Sept. 29, 1936, congratulating its stewards "on the usefulness to humanity that you will afford to future generations of Americans." The College of Medicine was part of . . . — — Map (db m145075) HM |
| On State Street (New York State Route 812) at Justina Street, on the right when traveling north on State Street. |
| | In Heuvelton at a railway siding the night of August 17, 1940, Pres. Roosevelt and Prime Minister King discussed mutual problems and created a permanent joint board on defense known as the Ogdensburg Agreement. — — Map (db m88845) HM |
| Near Hawkins Point Road 0.7 miles north of Robinson Bay Road. |
| | “I place first of all in importance the passage of the
bill creating the power authority to develop the state-owned waterpower on the St. Lawrence River.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt, April 24, 1931
This grove marks the renaming of . . . — — Map (db m152500) HM |
| Near Downtown Arterial Highway (New York State Route 68) at Albany Ave., on the left when traveling east. |
| | Railroads Come to the North Country
"Canadian lumber, livestock, silk, raw silk, silk goods, American coal, Oriental
and merchandise provided much of the material transferred.” - Rails Across The River, By Ted Rafuse
Near this . . . — — Map (db m153278) HM |
| On Main Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 1732 1932 In commemoration of the visit of George Washington to Kingston on the 16th of November, 1782 His reception by the Trustees of the freeholders and Commonalty of the Town and the Consistory of this church George J.L. . . . — — Map (db m57574) HM |
| On West Market Street (Business U.S. 70) at South Front Street, on the left when traveling west on West Market Street. |
| | Congressman, 1901-1934. Chairman House Rules Committee during parts of administrations of Wilson, F.D. Roosevelt. Grave is 200 yds. south. — — Map (db m70388) HM |
| On Walker Camp Prong (U.S. 441) near Clingman's Dome Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | “We meet today to dedicate the mountains, streams, and forests to the service of the American People.”
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
September 2, 1940
The Rockefeller Memorial . . . — — Map (db m20022) HM |
| | (Side One):
The Great Smokies: scenic, diverse, culturally rich.
The scenic view here are well known; lesser known is the abundance of life. The Smokies' rugged topography creates a diversity of species found in few other places in North . . . — — Map (db m20066) HM |
| Near U.S. 441 north of Clingman's Dome Road. |
| | Nature forged the Great Smokies, but the hands of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) helped shape the national park we know today. During the 1930s, enrollment peaked as 4,300 men worked here, building roads, campgrounds, trails, and buildings. . . . — — Map (db m99065) HM |
| On Main Street at 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | “I propose to create a Civilian Conservation Corps . . . We can take a vast army of these unemployed out into healthful surroundings. We can eliminate to some extent at least the threat that enforced idleness brings to spiritual and moral . . . — — Map (db m87538) HM |
| On Tylersville Road 0.9 miles east of I-75 Exit 22, on the left when traveling east. |
| | During the height of World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt turned to the innovative engineers of the Crosley Broadcasting Corporation to build powerful short wave radio transmitters capable of delivering broadcasts overseas. On farm fields . . . — — Map (db m23994) HM |
| | Side A: The Civilian Conservation Corps
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the federal government established the Civilian Conservation Corps, known as the CCC or triple C's under the direction of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New . . . — — Map (db m26482) HM |
| On Front Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | President Theodore Roosevelt and W. H. Taft spoke here in 1912. President Franklin Roosevelt dedicated the “Start Westward” sesquicentennial monument in 1938. — — Map (db m20603) HM |
| On Highway 283 at Road E1370, on the right when traveling north on Highway 283. |
| | During the 1930s severe drought plagued the states in the Great Plains and deepened the Depression. High winds caused dust storms which blackened the sky. In 1934, President Franklin Roosevelt initiated a program to help stabilize the blowing soil . . . — — Map (db m39805) HM |
| On East Timberline Road near U.S. 26. |
| | dedicated September 28, 1937 by
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States
as a monument to the skill and faithful performance of workers on the rolls of the Works Progress Administration — — Map (db m112336) HM |
| On North Confederate Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
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"Lincoln was Commander-in-Chief in this old battle; he wanted above all things to be Commander-in-Cheif of the new peace." President Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Dedication, July 3, 1938 Veterans of the Union and Confederate armies from across . . . — — Map (db m15447) HM |
| On West 6th Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 764) 0.2 miles north of 17th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Franklin D. Roosevelt's Secretary of the Interior 1933-46. Builder of public works, ardent conservationist, fierce fighter for human rights, advocate of government as an agent for the public good. This is the site of his boyhood home. — — Map (db m52344) HM |
| On Earles Lane at Malin Road, on the right when traveling south on Earles Lane. |
| | Governor of Pennsylvania, 1935-1939. His administration during the Great Depression, known as the “Little New Deal,” created more than 200,000 new jobs and established the Pa. Turnpike Commission. Civil rights, labor, and unemployment . . . — — Map (db m135762) HM |
| | The first Black woman elected to a state legislature in the U.S. Fauset, who lived here, won her seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1938. She later served as a Civil Defense race relations advisor under Franklin D. Roosevelt. — — Map (db m82811) HM |
| | Born at our nation’s lowest point, the CCC rebuilt a land and its people. We all owe thanks to the thousands of men who helped build Pennsylvania’s parks and reforest its hills.
Beginning late in 1929, the Great Depression was a desperate time for . . . — — Map (db m90048) HM |
| On Spring Creek Corry Road (Pennsylvania Route 426) at Eldred Hill Road, on the right when traveling west on Spring Creek Corry Road. |
| | Lawyer & jurist. Chief U.S. prosecutor, Nuremberg war crimes trials in Germany after World War II. Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-54; noted for his defense of civil liberties. Served in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration . . . — — Map (db m64968) HM |
| On Long Wharf at Washington Street on Long Wharf. |
| | Mary Ferrazzoli (1928-1994) was the visionary leader who founded the Friends of the Waterfront in 1982. She vigorously championed public access and stood firmly opposed to the commercial overdevelopment of the Newport waterfront blocking public . . . — — Map (db m59981) HM |
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Leading America out of the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt implemented programs to give citizens jobs that improved our nation's infrastructure: adding schools, roads, parks and, yes, bridges! One such building program was the . . . — — Map (db m20145) HM |
| On West Main Street (U.S. 15) at South Stanton Street (County Road 22), on the right when traveling north on West Main Street. |
| | This cabinet member and diplomat was born two miles south of here. He graduated from Trinity College in 1888 and later became head of Marlboro High School, near here. He was Franklin D. Roosevelt's first secretary of commerce from 1933 to 1938 and . . . — — Map (db m31693) HM |
| On Table Rock State Park Road, on the right when traveling south. |
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Young men determined to escape economic hardship built this lodge from 1973-1940. They were enrollees in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), one of President Franklin Roosevelt's programs to battle the Great Depression.
The CCC provided . . . — — Map (db m30217) HM |
| On Jackson Blvd., on the right when traveling north. |
| | The "Statue of Liberty Division" was reviewed by England's Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt after it was reactivated here in 1942. The 77th fought in World War II Pacific campaigns of Guam, Leyte, Kerama Retto Islands, and . . . — — Map (db m59252) HM |
| On Franklin Street 0.1 miles south of Howard Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Federal Works Agency
Public Works Administration
John M. Carmody
Federal Works Administrator
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States
The original site of the home of Dr. Jesse F. Cleveland, on which this building is . . . — — Map (db m25708) HM |
| On State Highway 50 near 469th Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | On November 25, 1935, 17 farmers from Clay and Union counties held an historic meeting at the Manning/O'Connor store in Burbank, three miles south of this spot. Their purpose was to form a consumer-owned corporation which would allow the rural . . . — — Map (db m39687) HM |
| | Tennessee State Parks
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) played an important role in shaping the establishment and early growth of Tennessee's state parks. Fifteen of the first 25 parks received significant levels of design and construction . . . — — Map (db m151474) HM |
| On N. York Highway (US 127). |
| | On Oct. 8, 1918, outside the French village of Chatel-Chenery, Alvin C. York took his fateful walk into history during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive against the German forces. As the sharpshooter for Company G in the 328th Infantry of the U.S. Army, . . . — — Map (db m81525) WM |
| On Cougar Lane, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Founded in 1939, Capshaw School was part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal Program. Named in honor of Cookeville attorney and co-founder of Dixie College Robert Byrd Capshaw, the land that the school sits on, was once part of the Capshaw farm. . . . — — Map (db m124067) HM |
| On South Avenue F south of East Elm Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | By the 1930s, many residents of cities across the U.S. were benefiting from the common use of electricity. However, a vast majority of rural areas lacked electric service, which compounded depression-era problems for farmers whose crop returns were . . . — — Map (db m126764) HM |
| On Highway 91 Spur east of Farm to Market Road 1167, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In 1937 the State of Texas and Hardeman County worked with President Franklin Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration in an attempt to provide much-needed employment to indigent citizens and replace unsanitary privies with improved facilities. The . . . — — Map (db m104919) HM |
| On Utah Route 148 3.1 miles south of Utah Route 143, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), established by President Franklin Roosevelt, provided work for young unemployed men during the Great Depression. From 1934 to 1938, small groups of "CCC boys" worked to construct roads, scenic overlooks, a . . . — — Map (db m149127) HM |
| | Locomotive 220 was the last coal-burning steam ten-wheeler used on the Central Vermont Railway. As a medium-sized engine it moved both freight and passenger trains and became known as the [sic] "The Locomotive of Presidents" for its use on special . . . — — Map (db m109152) HM |
| | The Rail Locomotive No. 220, built in 1915 by the American Locomotive [C]ompany of Schenectady, New York, was the last coal-burning, steam ten-wheeler used on the Central Vermont Railway. As a medium-sized 4-6-0 engine (4 leading wheels, 6 driving . . . — — Map (db m109153) HM |
| On Vermont Route 155 2 miles north of Vermont Route 100, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This site marks the entrance to the west River C.C.C. Camp. This CCC was part of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and targeted unemployed men 18–25 whose families were on relief. Nationally, over 2.5 million men were hired and paid $30 . . . — — Map (db m109185) HM |
| On Main Ridge Road at Twin John Lane, on the right when traveling south on Main Ridge Road. |
| | The Joshua Pruitt House is one of the oldest on Tangier.
Joshua Pruitt (1866-1949) and his wife Amanda took in boarders, teachers, and held worship services in their front yard.
Pruitt traveled to Washington, DC, during the Great . . . — — Map (db m106968) HM |
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