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Published: September 26th 2008
FDR Talks to America
Words to heal a nationSaturday (Sep 13) was a down day and the weather cooperated with temps in the 90s and humidity trying to catch the temp. In a word BRUTAL and the reason I don’t live in the east. Sunday was a bit better weather-wise, but still hot and humid.
Sunday is a bad day to visit DC because there are a bunch of gawkers and sightseers like us, but on this Sunday there was also a triathalon so major streets were blocked. I visited parts of town I did not know existed. The Washington monument is always available, so it was bypassed, but we did make it to the FDR monument. This is always a great visit as his words etched in stone are as relative and inspiring today as they were 80+ years ago.
We then went to the Jefferson Memorial. Tommy Jeff is a personal favorite of the Bets, so even the walking and step climbing was OK. Jefferson was a visionary of the Enlightenment, yet seemingly unable to completely disconnect himself from conventional thinking. Not a perfect man, but one who helped create a country of, by, and for the people.
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