Our Mission
Our mission is to promote education about the FDR Memorial, improve inclusion so all visitors can experience the Memorial, and preserve the Memorial for future generations. We are a 501c3 nonprofit organization.
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A Memorial to a President and an Era
Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as United States President from 1933 to 1945. He led the United States out of the despair of the Great Depression and through the international crises of World War II. Eleanor Roosevelt was a groundbreaking First Lady who made major contributions to civil rights and social justice. The Memorial captures the challenges and triumphs of their time.
History of the FDR Memorial
History of the FDR Memorial
The FDR Memorial, completed in 1997, is a seven and a half acre work of art designed by legendary landscape architect Larry Halprin. The Memorial contains artwork from some of the 20th century's greatest sculptors and artists - Leonard Baskin, John Benson, Neil Estern, Robert Graham, Tom Hardy and George Segal
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FDR Memorial Legacy Committee Wins Award in Best Shorts Film Competition
NEWSThe FDR Committee has won a prestigious Best of Short designation from The Best Shorts Film Competition. The award was given for FDR’s compelling series, “FDR: Great Abilities,” that sheds light on how Americans with disabilities successfully advocated for the inclusion of a wheelchair statue at the FDR Memorial in Washington, DC, demonstrating to the world what true leadership looks like.
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2026 will be the 25th anniversary of the FDR wheelchair statue and the completion of the FDR Memorial.
NEWS2026 will be the 25th anniversary of the FDR wheelchair statue and the completion of the FDR Memorial. Download our PDF Today!
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The FDR Committee's "Why"
NEWSIn 2019, after learning of the passing of my former boss, mentor, and friend, Mike Deland, the pang of unfinished business hit me – hard. Mike and I had always talked about formally chronicling and writing “our story” of the fight for the FDR wheelchair statue. Sure, we both had boxes of articles and other materials from that campaign, but that was it. I reached out to Jane Deland - Mike’s widow; Jim Dickson, who led the grassroots campaign for the wheelchair statue; and Davis Buckley, who consulted with Mike about the statue back in the 1990s, and we all agreed we had to do something to record our history, or it would fade away.
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The FDR Memorial Legacy Committee is the citizen led organization with the mission to promote education about the FDR Memorial, to improve inclusion and accessibility so all visitors can experience the Memorial and to preserve the Memorial for future generations.
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The FDR Memorial Legacy Committee is a citizen led organization with the mission to promote education about the FDR Memorial, improve inclusion and accessibility so all visitors can experience the Memorial, and preserve the Memorial for future generations. The organization, borne out of the successful disability led campaign in the 1990s for disability representation at the Memorial, is committed to sharing the diverse perspectives of the Roosevelt era and that era's legacy today.