The Franklin D. Roosevelt memorial, in many ways, tells the story of disability representation in the country.

The memorial’s present and future audiences, we had argued, would consist of people whose consciousness had been transformed by civil-rights movements that included the disability-rights ...

President Clinton will unveil a statue of Franklin D. Roosevelt seated in his wheelchair on Wednesday at the FDR Memorial, ending an emotional six-year campaign led by disability advocacy groups ...

I was ready, very ready, to like the new Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington. After all, I love memorials and I deeply admire Roosevelt. How disappointing that the memorial to the grea… ...

At their best, ADA observances call attention to work still to be done, and the ever-renewing and strengthening disability community who will take over from those who came before.

The FDR memorial would be built to Kahn’s design or not at all, its advocates say. Lappin called Kahn’s concept “a timeless, elegant design” sure to draw visitors from around the world.

In a lengthy discussion of a new sculpture in the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson manages to omit all mention of the sculptor (“The FDR Memorial: Who Speaks From ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — After a couple’s son was allegedly buried “in a decrepit, mud-torn, weed and trash-infested section of Roosevelt Memorial Park,” the couple has filed a more than ...

WASHINGTON — The statue in the Jefferson Memorial is 19 feet tall, but it’s the words carved in stone around the bronze figure that are truly monumental. Such as these, from Jefferson’s Declaration of ...

Roosevelt family members stand behind FDR’s signature on the new prayer plaque at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., on the 79th anniversary of the start of the D-Day ...

The FDR Memorial in Washington, D.C. has implemented significant changes to increase accessibility and inclusion for blind and low-vision visitors.

When you think of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in D.C., one spot in particular may come to mind —the Tidal Basin. The monument most closely associated with the only U.S. president to ...