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Day 53: May 8
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The #FDRMemorial is one of #Washington DC’s top attractions and honors Franklin D. Roosevelt for leading the United States through the Great Depression and World War II. This impressive park-like memorial is spread over 7.5 acres and features four outdoor gallery rooms depicting the 12 years of FDR’s presidency. FDR was the only president to be elected four times. FDR was the only president to ever have a handicap. He suffered from polio and sat in a wheelchair. Sculptures inspired by photographs depict the 32nd president alongside his dog #Fala. The FDR memorial is the first monument designed to be wheelchair accessible. (at Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial)
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Made for each other
(Source: argonautconference)
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No Comment: Murray the Outlaw of Falahill
Né: Big Boy
Fala, a Scottish Terrier, was born on the 7th of April 1940. He would die April 5th of 1952 at the age of 11.Fala’s first owner was Margaret Suckley, a cousin of the 32nd president Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Fala was given as a Christmas present to the president in 1940….
(Source: argonautconference)
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Thanks Buzzfeed!
Fala: The Most Underrated Presidential Dog
Sure we all remember Socks and Barney and of course there is Bo, but Fala is the greatest presidential pet of all time.
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R.I.P. Presidential Pup Barney: Times Managing Editor Jimmy Orr, a staffer in George W. Bush’s White House, remembers the creation of the “Barney Cam.”
People liked our videos. People loved Barney. Why not strap a video camera to the first dog’s head, chase him through the White House so viewers can see the Christmas decorations from his vantage point, and stream it over the Internet?
Read more about Orr’s experiences in the Oval Office, and the passing of the 12-year-old Barney, here.
(Photo via Eric Draper / White House)
(via ourpresidents)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
People love FDR for many things: his leadership during two of the toughest phases in American history, his New Deal, the hope he instilled in the American people, his fireside chats, his activist wife.
What I love most is his relationship with his dog and best friend, Fala. No one has ever loved a dog more than FDR loved his - they are even buried next to each other in Hyde Park, NY.
Happy birthday to a wonderful president with a wonderful companionship with a wonderful Scottish Terrier.
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Former First Dog Barney Bush Passes Away At Age 12
Former First Dog Barney Bush — a black Scottish terrier known for chasing golf balls and taking America on video tours of the White House — has passed away after a battle with lymphoma. He was 12.
Former President George W. Bush announced on Friday the passing of the “little fellow,” saying in a news release that “after twelve and a half years of life, his body could not fight off the illness.”
“Barney was by my side during our eight years in the White House,” said Bush, who also released Friday an oil painting he did of Barney (Image above). “He never discussed politics and was always a faithful friend. Laura and I will miss our pal.” (Dallas Morning News Trail Blazers Blog)
White House photo by Kimberlee Hewitt
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Daisy Suckley plays with Fala in FDR’s White House Study, December 20, 1941. (FDR Presidential Library & Museum)
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Margaret “Daisy” Suckley and Fala, the dog she gave FDR, at Top Cottage during the summer of 1941. This photo was taken by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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I would prefer to visit the house on a winter afternoon, and have tea with the creature who brought F.D.R. some of his greatest moments of personal happiness. (I’m talking about his dog Fala, of course, Daisy’s gift to the president the year after the events depicted in the film.)
— David Netto, referring to Wilderstein, home of Margaret (Daisey) Suckley, FDR’s cousin, Ghosts of the Hudson Valley - NYTimes.com
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FDR’s Fala featured in book ‘Dogs of War’
Fala, the beloved Scottish terrier who brought levity to Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presidential years, is in the news again.
The diminutive canine took away some of the burdens of a presidency that stretched from the dark days of the Depression to the near end of World War II. Fala delighted Roosevelt at the White House, at his New York home at Hyde Park and at the Little White House, Roosevelt’s rural Georgia retreat at Warm Springs.
Fala is one of a trio of famous pooches profiled in “Dogs of War,” written by Kathleen Kinsolving. In the book, Kinsolving relates the stories of Fala, Willie and Telek – all owned by key figures during World War II.
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According to “Dogs of War,” FDR’s cousin, Margaret “Daisy” Suckley, decided in 1940 “that FDR might benefit enormously from the friendship of a new dog.” When a friend offered her a Scottish terrier pup, she presented “Big Boy” for Roosevelt.
The president renamed the dog “Murray, the Outlaw of Falahill,” in honor of a Scottish ancestor. It was a nickname, Fala, which stuck with the endearing dog as he moved onto the world stage with his famous owner. (The Times-Herald)
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