Memorials

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Memorials PresidentsLesson Planning on the DC
Trip

• Steve Estes

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History in Stone
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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FDR Memorial Site Plan
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FDR Sculpture (added in 2001)
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Room One The Depression
The only thing we have to fear is fear
itself. - First Inaugural Address (1933)
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Room Two The New Deal
- Fireside Chat (1938)
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Room Two The New Deal
- Second Inaugural (1937)
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The Breadline
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Room Three World War II
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Room Three World War II
I have seen war. I have seen war on land and
sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded.
I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen
cities destroyed. I have seen children starving.
I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I
hate war. - New York Speech (1936)
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Room Three World War II
We must be the great arsenal of Democracy.
Fireside Chat (December 1940)
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Room Four Legacies
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Room Four Legacies
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Other Stones, Other Stories
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
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Design a Monument

• Choose John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Bill
  Clinton, or George W. Bush
• Realistic or Abstract
• Steel, Stone, and/or Bronze
• No more than 40 feet tall, 400 square feet at
  base
• On the Tidal Basin or a grassy slope of the Mall
• Depict the words or ideals of the president
• Represent his positive contributions to US history