Franklin Delano Roosevelt is renowned as the president ... Yet Roosevelt was determined to keep images of his wheelchair use out of the public eye, concerned about the impact on public opinion ...

When a national memorial was dedicated to Franklin Roosevelt in Washington, DC, in 1997, controversy arose over whether it should include a statue of FDRin a wheelchair. Hold a mock hearing to ...

The advent of Nazi Germany sealed his determination to seek the presidency again, despite the disapproval by many of this break with tradition. Challenges Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born here in 1882 ... careful to never be seen in his wheelchair in public. He served as New ...