Most fade, but these inaugural words endure
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FDR memorial dedicated four decades later
On New York’s Roosevelt Island, officials held a dedication ceremony for the memorial park honoring President Franklin D. Roosevelt nearly 40 years after it had first been designed. The park is a spectacular tribute to Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms Speech. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.
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Visitors look at a bust of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt as they attend the opening ceremony of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park in New York, October 17, 2012. REUTERS/Keith Bedford (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Visitors look at a bust of former U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt as they attend the opening ceremony of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park in New York, October 17, 2012. REUTERS/Keith Bedford (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Picture dated October 1935 of the Golden Gate bridge, in the San Francisco Bay, during its construction. Construction began on 05 January 1933 and the bridge was inaugurated 27 May 1937 by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who pushed a button in Washington, DC, signaling the official start of vehicle traff
