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 fdr father mr. James roosevelt purchased this property to be their new home in the Hudson Valley. Fdr parents were james and sarah dell a more roosevelt. And mr. James roosevelt had a wife before sarah. Her name was rebecca holland. And she passed away in 1876. And four years later in 1880, mr. James married miss sarah. He was 52 years old. And she was only 26. So she was half his age. And james and sarah only had the one child, Franklin Roosevelt. When mr. James roosevelt, his father bought this father in 1867, it was a 17 room farm house, about 110 acres of land, several out buildings which he paid the sum of 40,000 which today is price of expensive car but back in those days a nice amount of money. The house was endarged by fdr in 1915, because by then he had a growing family. And he had decided as early as 1907, 25
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
Library, and we have a great speech today for president s day weekend. A day in the life of a president. How many of you are members, raise your hand . Oh, wow, fantastic. For those of you who arent members, if you become a member today, you get a 25 discount on pauls book which you can buy in the store. He will be doing a book signing immediately after the program, so you can get a new book and have him sign it before we go today. We have a new exhibit thatll be opening in april want to tell you about, its called art of war. Its an exhibit that looks at the poster art of world war ii from our collection. We have about 3,000 posters in our collection, and were going to be doing an exhibit starting april 21st. And the artists, quite remarkable by some of our greatest, norman rockwell, andrew wyeth and others. Paul is both a working correspondent with west wing reports and reports from the white house on a daily basis, and hes also a tremendous historian. Hes delved into the history of b
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