- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- News release (Georgia Department of Labor)
- Title:
- News release, Sept. 13, 2007
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Labor
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Department of Labor.
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Dept. of Labor, 2007-09-13
- Date of Original:
- 2007-09-13
- Subject:
- Georgia. Department of Labor--Periodicals
Labor--Georgia--Periodicals - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- state government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Title from caption
Each issue also has a distinctive theme title - External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA L200 .P1 N45 2007/9-13
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bl200-b-pp1-bn45-b2007-s9-h13-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bl200-b-pp1-bn45-b2007-s9-h13-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
Georgia
Department of Labor
NEWS RELEASE
SUITE 642
(404) 232-3685
148 INTERNATIONAL BOULEVARD, N.E.
ATLANTA, GA 30303-1751
FAX (404) 657-9996
Communications@dol.state.ga.us
Michael Thurmond
Commissioner
Sam Hall
Director of Communications
Sept. 13, 2007.........................................................FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Smithsonian polio exhibition to open Saturdays at Roosevelt Warm Springs
ATLANTA State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond said today that the Georgia Department of Labor's Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation (RWSIR) will begin next month displaying on Saturdays a Smithsonian Institution exhibition, "Whatever Happened to Polio?"
Since August 15, the exhibition has been displayed Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in historic Roosevelt Hall at Warm Springs, the site of the Polio Hall of Fame. Beginning Oct. 6, the display will be open to the public each Saturday, also from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
"In response to a strong interest in the Smithsonian polio exhibition, we'll extend the days the exhibit will be open," said Commissioner Thurmond. "By adding Saturdays to the schedule, we'll accommodate more local families and working people who have been unable to see the exhibition during the week days."
The exhibition is on loan from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. It explains why poliomyelitis, or infantile paralysis, was the most notorious disease of the 20th century, prior to AIDS. The exhibition reveals how epidemics swept through the United States in the early 1900s, spreading fear and paranoia through entire communities. It traces how science and fundraising led to the polio vaccines and who the pioneers were that made the allimportant discoveries. The exhibition displays the devices required by polio survivors, the lasting effects it has had on America society, and the on-going eradication efforts still taking place throughout the world.
Located in Warm Springs, the site where Franklin Delano Roosevelt founded his world famous polio treatment center in 1927, the exhibition is open to the public at no charge. It can be reached through Georgia Hall, the central building in the Warm Springs' National Historic Landmark District.
For more information or to schedule a group visit, call 706-655-5010.
NEWS MEDIA NEEDING MORE INFORMATION MAY CALL (404) 232-3685 CY-07-321