We left Savannah early this morning for a cross state trip to Pine Mountain, Georgia via Warm Springs home to Franklin D. Roosevelt's Little White House. It was there the 32nd President went for rest and relaxation as he battled the devastating effects of polio throughout his Presidency. His unfinished portrait is in beautiful display as visitors to the museum will see on the way out.
Roosevelt first came to Warm Springs in 1924, 12 years before he campaigned for the presidency in 1932. There he built a simple cottage and it is there where he died while posing for a portrait by Madame Elizabeth Shoumatoff on April 12, 1945 just before the end of World War II.
Today visitors can see the 1938 Ford convertible equipped with hand controls among the number exhibits including a short film narrated by Walter Cronkite. The brochure says more than 100,000 people visit Roosevelt's Little White House every year, that now includes 40 from Chapelwood United Methodist Church this year.
Following our visit we took a short bus ride to Calloway Gardens where the azaleas are in full bloom.
Tomorrow we visit Jim Flemming's Antiquities Center in La Grange.
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