This was home. This was where his heart always was. He once said to his friends and neighbors, my heart has always been here. It always will be. And it was. This is where he always drew strength and happiness throughout his entire life. Franklin dell nor roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, was born and raised in this house, and he was buried right here on the estate as well. The roosevelts originally had a different estate, a little bit down the road from this property. And the house burnt to the ground in 1865. And then fdrs father, mr. James roosevelt, purchased this property to be their new home in the Hudson Valley. Fdrs parents were james and sarah delanor roosevelt. And mr. James roosevelt had a wife before sarah. Her name was rebecca howland. She passed away in 1876. Four years later in 1880, mr. James married sarah delano. He was 52 years old and she was only 26. She was half his age. And james and sarah only had the one child, Franklin Delano roosevelt. When mr
Saturday live coverage of president ial candidates at the iowa state fair continues. We will hear from Chris Christie at noon and bobby jindel and then on sunday Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker holds a meeting. And then we are live at the Minneapolis Book testival. On sunday morning at 10, author and columnist chairs her critical thoughts on the relationship with millennials. And helping improve relationships between the public after the king assassination and the riots. In his book, bibliotech john palfrey talks about some of the challenges libraries face. He is head of school at the Phillips Academy in massachusetts and the Founding Member of the digital Public Library. He talked at the free library in philadelphia earlier this year. Good evening, everyone. I would like to remind you no flash photography is presented during the event. Following the event a book signing will take place in the lobby and dont forget most of the author events are offered as podcast at freelibrary. Org. I
The house burned to the ground in 1865. Fdrs father, james roosevelt, purchased this property in the Hudson Valley. His parents were james and sarah delano roosevelt. Mr. James roosevelt had a wife before sarah named rebecca howland. She passed away in 1876. In 1880, mr. James married sarah delano. When he married sarah, he was 52 years old, and she was only 26 years old. She was half his age. James and sarah only had the one child, Franklin Delano roosevelt. When mr. James roosevelt bought this property in 1867, it was a 17 room farmhouse with about 110 acres of land and several outbuildings. He paid the price of what would be an expensive car these days, but back then it would have been a rather nice amount of money. He had a growing family, and he decided as early as 1907 that he was going to be, president of the United States one day going to become president of the United States one day. Quite often, events would be held here such as when he announced he would run for Vice Preside
The house burned to the ground in 1865. Fdrs father, james roosevelt, purchased this property in the Hudson Valley. His parents were james and sarah delano roosevelt. Mr. James roosevelt had a wife before sarah named rebecca howland. She passed away in 1876. In 1880, mr. James married sarah delano. When he married sarah, he was 52 years old, and she was only 26 years old. She was half his age. James and sarah only had the one child, Franklin Delano roosevelt. When mr. James roosevelt bought this property in 1867, it was a 17 room farmhouse with about 110 acres of land and several outbuildings. He paid the price of what would be an expensive car these days, but back then it would have been a rather nice amount of money. He had a growing family, and he decided as early as 1907 that he was going to be, president of the United States one day going to become president of the United States one day. Quite often, events would be held here such as when he announced he would run for Vice Preside
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