Different estate a little bit down the road from this property. And the house burned 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 paris were james and sarah delano roosevelt. And mr. James roosevelt had a wife before sarah named rebecca howland. And she passed away in 1876. And four years later in 1880, mr. James married sarah delano. Mr. James roosevelt when he married sarah was about 52 years old, and she was only 26 years was half his age. And james and sarah only had the one child, Franklin Delano roosevelt. When mr. James roosevelt, fdrs father bought this property in , 1867, it was a 17 room farmhouse with about 110 acres of land, several outbuildings, for which he paid the sum of 40,000 which was today the price of an expensive car these days, but back then it would have been a rather nice amount of money. The house was enlarged by fdr in a 1915 because he had a growing family, and he de
Estate in high park new york. The birthplace of president flank lin roosevelt. Well hear about his life inside of the home which is a National Historic site. This was home. This was where his heart was and he said to his friends and neighbors, my heart has always been here and it always will be and was. This is where he drew strength and happiness throughout his life. Franklin roosevelt was born and buried here on the estate. He originally had a different estate down the road from this property and the house burned to the ground in 1865 and fdrs father James Roosevelt purchased the property to be their new home in the Hudson Valley. Fdrs parents were jams and sarah and mr. James roosevelt had a wife before sarah. Her name was rebecca and she passed, away in 1876 and four years later in 1880 he married sarah. When he married sarah was 52 years old and she was 26. She was half his age. James and sarah had the one child, franklin. When mr. James roosevelt fdrs father bought this property
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
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
Paul sparrow, director of the fdr library, what is this room and what kind of history was major . This room was totally unique in the president ial Library System because its the only room that actually use by sitting president at a president ial library. When fdr for Start Construction on the library in 1938 he eight you soon he would leave office at the end of 1940 at the end of his second term as every president before him had but because of the rising tensions in europe, the Democratic Party nominated him for a third term and he was elected. So when this library open in june 1941 he was still president. So this became essentially the northern oval office. He was up here on many, many occasions. He entertained both political leaders like Winston Churchill and shang kaishek from china. He did write a broadcast from here. Two of his fireside chats and for other reader broadcast all came from the film during that period annually conducted the war in europe and the pacific from this roo