D-Train WhistleRanger Jerry. Responsible for giving me the “handle”
“D-Train”THE bench
The “Gingerbread House” where Park Rangers meet and start their day. It was the home of Mr. Plogg. Mr. Plog helped with the burial of FDR and continued to maintain the property when it became a National Park. He died in April of 1952 after working here for over 55 years.This frame, located in the stables, once held the tail of Gloster, a race horse. According to some, Gloster died in a train wreck while being shipped to California in spring 1874, and a stable hand removed and mounted his tail. Years later, the tail was presented to Roosevelt in 1930, who hung it in the governor’s mansion and subsequently his White House bedroom as a mementoof his Hudson Valley boyhood.
I was told that an animal rights group protested this practice and thus the tail was removed.Henry Loustau’s kinetic sculpture, The Four FreedomsHow a stone wall should look.How it would look if I had built it.Entrance to LibraryFDR’s wheelchair with attached ashtrayTaking a photo in the mirror that Secret Service installed outside FDR’s bedroomin order to see who was coming down the hall
High-TechMy wheels FDR’s wheelsFreedom Court. Human forms, covered in graffiti, were cut from sections of the Berlin Wall, after the collapse of East Germany. Busts of Churchill and FDRFriends from Chapel Hill touring the FDR Library.
I gave the a tour lasting from 11-4 with a short break for lunch ..whewSecret Drawer in FDR’s desk used in the Oval Office.If you push the top drawer, this pops out. FDR’s Registration CardFala’s bowl and ballFBI kept a file on ER from 1924-1972FDR’s sketch for plan for his Presidential Library. Opened June 1941.
The First Presidential Library and the Only Presidential Library used by a Predident still in office. 3 of Bill Leuchtenburg’s books on display. He is revered in FDR land William E. Leuchtenburg, Historians Review Committee
Rosy Ramblings 
I love these odds and ends that provide detail and color about the man and the place. Also your sense of humor.
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It was fun to just toss photos, without any order. And throw in some humor.
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