Today In History...FDR Died

April 12, 1945…U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt died of a massive cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 63. At the time he collapsed, Roosevelt had been sitting for a portrait painting by the artist Elizabeth Shoumatoff, known as the famous Unfinished Portrait of FDR. Roosevelt said, "I have a terrific pain in the back of my head." He then slumped forward in his chair, unconscious, and was pronounced dead at 3:35 p.m. His vice president, Harry Truman, was sworn in as the country's 33rd president.
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This is the headline about his death in a copy of the newspaper that I have.

On January 30, 1982, Les and I decided to do some sightseeing several miles from our home. We decided to go to Warm Springs, Georgia which was the Georgia home of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. There was a celebration taking place commemorating the 100th birthday of FDR.

We passed through the town of Preston and Les wanted his picture taken by the sign...

Here we are at Warm Springs...

The Little White House...

Outside The Little White House...



Inside the home we got to see the original of the painting that was being done when he died.

The celebration even had a birthday cake and we each had a piece...

This was F.D.R.s car...

This was  a ship made by F.D.R...

We passed through Plains, the home of President Jimmy Carter...