- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- 1999 special events at Franklin D. Roosevelt's Little White House, Warm Springs, Georgia
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Natural Resources. Parks and Historic Sites Division
- Publisher:
- Place of publication : Georgia. Dept. of Natural Resources. Parks and Historic Sites Division., Atlanta, GA, 1999
- Date of Original:
- 1999
- Subject:
- Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Meriwether County, Warm Springs, 32.89041, -84.68104
- Medium:
- state government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA N200.P2 S1 F74 1999
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bn200-pp2-bs1-bf74-b1999
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bn200-pp2-bs1-bf74-b1999
- Extent:
- 5 p.
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
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January 30 "FDR: The Man and His Braces"
\1:00 a.rn. to 3:00 p.rn. An anoual observance ofFDR's birthday. Special guest: Dr.Tom Wentland as FDR.
February 14 Little White House Remembers
Presidents' Day 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.rn. Woodrow Wilson & Harry Truman reminisce about Franklin D. Roosevelt who shares many afhis fond memories of
Warm Springs.
March 17 "FDR Remembered" 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.rn. An annual observance of the Roosevelts' wedding.
April 12 Commemorative Ceremony Key note speaker - 2:00 p.rn. A memorial tribute to FDR marking the anniversary ofhis death, April 12, 1945. The House Majority leader the Honorable Larry Walker, will deliver the key note address.
April 17
Harry S Tnnnan Remembers FDR
12:00 noon to 3:00 p.rn.
Del Jackson as Harry S Truman eulogizes
FDR.
May 15 Museum day and Mother's Day Dr. Tom Wentland as FDR offers a
''New Deal For Mothers"
June 12 "Rosie the Riveter" 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.rn. Carol Cain presents several characterizations ofRosies who manned assembly lines during WWII.
July 10 Aquatic Therapy 12:00 noon to 3:30 p.rn. Demonstrations ofaquatic therapy in the historic pools and springs complex.
August 21 "I Remember FDR" 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.rn. An annual event where contempories of
FDR share their memories and mementoes.
Roosevelt's Little White House
September 4 The Little White House
Remembers WWII
October 9 A Tribute to Eleanor 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.rn. Whose birthday falls on the IItho
November 6 ''Fala Day" 1:00 p.rn. to 3:30 p.rn. An annual tribute to FDR's Scottie, preseuted by the Scottie Club Of Greater Atlanta and the order of Tartan dancers.
November 20 A Warm Springs Thanksgiving
11:00 a.rn. to 3:00 p.rn. An annual event marking the one holiday which FDR usually celebrated in Warm
Springs. Traditionally held on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
December 11
Annual Christmas Concert
12:00 noon to 3:00 p.rn.
Christmas Caroling in a typicail930's
living room setting.
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Nearby Attractions
Restored Therapeutic Pools And Springs Complex Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitationi
Warm Springs Village . Callaway Gardens and Day Butterfly Center .
F.D. Roosevelt State Park Dowdell's Knob
U.S.DJ Fish Hatchery and Visitors Center
Just one and a fourth mile from The Little White House are the newly restored pools and springs where
FDR's early hydrotherapy was conducted. Visitors can tour these facilities and learn more of
the FDR-Warm Springs relationship.
The Roosevelt Warm Spring, Institute for Rehabilitation
provides medical and vocational rehabilitation with independent living services to over 3,000
people each year.
On nearby Pine Mountain, the 10,000 acre Franklin D. Roosevelt
State Park is an outstanding recreational area with cabins, a mountain stone swinuning poo~ picturesque lakes, and beautiful woodlands. Nearby, above King's Gap, is Dowdell's Knob. This was Roosevelt's favorite picnic spot, overlooking the magnificent valley
below.
For more infonnation on Wann Springs Area travel attractions and services,.you may call the
Warm Springs Information Center:
1-800-FDR-1927 (1-800-337-1927)