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
President ial library museum. We are glad you braved the cold to come out and we are lucky enough to have cspan here with us tonight so after the presentation if you are going to ask questions please come to the microphone can record you. How many of your members here tonight . Wow what, thats fantastic. Im so happy you are here i cant tell you how much we appreciate your support. Because of you you make programs like this possible and i feel the community has come out tonight to hear what i think will be one of the most important programs we have this year. David woolner has been involved with the roosevelt institutes and the Roosevelt Library for 25 years and really has enormous insight and a depth of understanding about the roosevelt era that i think if you read the book it really comes through. Hes also been involved with Marist College for 20 years and now involved with bart and really has spent most of the last 25 years of his life dedicated to the Roosevelt Legacy and one of the
On bill harris and im Deputy Director here. Its very nice to see everyone out on this sunday afternoon. We want to thank you on behalf of all of our supporters and want to thank you and for theport National Archives and records administration. The organizations helping to make this possible today. Its a place not just to hold and display the materials that were generated in collected of the course of his career but also as a place to study and learn about his administration and the about the times in which he was working. Little could have appreciated the economic complexities but the ultimate war which helped define his administration and his presidency. Seriouslye cars fair and we seem to encourage analysis into all facets of after your post life, leadership, and his decisions, as well as those now in retrospect of mrs. Roosevelt. Everything that was controversial must be taken with the good and the appreciation and the honor. This isnt to tear down but to understand and foster an at
Harris. L i am the executive director here. It is very nice to see everyone out here this afternoon. Certainly we want to thank you , on behalf of all of our supporters, and we want to thank you for your support. Support of our members, trustees , and the National Archives and records administration, of which we are a part. The, an organization like humanities of new york for their vision and action grant that is the longest to be possible today. Fdr establish this library as a place not just to hold and display the materials heat generated throughout his career but also a place to study and learn about his administration and learn about the role of chief executive and about the times in which he was working. Little could he have appreciated the immense Economic Impact cities, of the ultimate war, which helped define his administration and his presidency. We take the charge very seriously, and we seek to encourage the exploration and analysis into all facets of his life, his leadership
Days. Looks like back to the typical fall pattern, done with the zeros for the yeast. Some of the coldest weather of the season coming up, take the temperatures down to the 30s, so break out the heaviest coats, break out the umbrella this morning if youre about to head out the next few hours, still under gun for steady light rain, rain should come to end and maybe couple of left over showers, but things get better, but big difference is the temperatures. Take you outside, check it out, looking at center city, cloudy skies, wet roads, we have the light rain happening in philadelphia, 53, the current temperature, northwest breeze at 13 Miles Per Hour. Fiftythree, thats not bad for the morning this time of year. But the problem is, there is not going to be much change in that number as we head to the afternoon. You can see the steadier rain eastern pennsylvania, into southern new jersey, still moving from south to north, but eventually it does push off to the east along this cold front so