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The FDR Memorial

May 7, 1997 | ISSUE 31•17

The new Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, dedicated last Friday in Washington, D.C., has come under fire for not depicting him in a wheelchair. What do you think?

  • I don't know if the wheelchair would increase the monument's dignity, but it sure would increase its humor value. Cripples are hilarious!

    Andy Noonan
    Graphic Designer

  • Without FDR my feminine odor would be out of control.

    Lisa Proehl
    Orthopedic Surgeon

  • Why must the new statue hide the truth? Can't it show FDR's nurse helping him on with his underwear?

    Randy Innis
    Botanist

  • This is Washington, D.C. If they put wheels on that thing, they'd be gone in 60 seconds.

    Brenda Sorensen
    Systems Analyst

  • I'm still angry the Jefferson Memorial didn't depict him banging his slaves.

    Dennis Farron
    Police Officer

  • Would the FDR in a wheelchair statue be able to talk like the Christopher Reeve statue I saw on Barbara Walters?

    Reggie Yeager
    Cab Driver

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