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Celebrating FDR’s 141st Birthday!
Mother Meredith will offer the opening and closing prayers for this ceremony on Monday, January 30, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. in the Rose Garden at the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site.
The guest speaker will be William Harris, the Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. West Point will provide the honor guard and color guard.
Organizations presenting wreaths: The Town of Hyde Park, American Legion Post #1303, John Livingston Post 1466, Jewish War Veterans – Private Herman Siegal Post 623, The Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce, The Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Partnership, The Franklin D. Presidential Library, The National Park Service. The Wreath on Behalf of the President of the United States will be presented by Brigadier General Shane Reeves, Dean of the Academic Board, United States Military Academy at West Point. Manuela Roosevelt will present a wreath on behalf of the Roosevelt family.
Cake will be served at the Henry A. Wallace Visitor Center after the event.
The event is free.
(Photo: Ron Cogswell on Flickr. Used with permission (CC BY 2.0))
