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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial is a sightseeing stop in Washington, DC, part of the Washington DC guide. Cost: free.

West Potomac Park, western shore of the Tidal Basin · Washington, DC

Why you should go…

Landscape architect Lawrence Halprin laid out this 7.5-acre memorial as four outdoor rooms, one for each of Roosevelt's terms, on the western shore of the Tidal Basin. You pass pools and cascades of water, quotations carved into red South Dakota granite, and bronzes of a Depression breadline, FDR with his dog Fala, and Eleanor Roosevelt before the United Nations emblem. It is open to the elements, and the stone can be slippery when wet.

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