FDR's Little White House

Greetings from the sticks,


Kadence and I joined Grammie and Poppie for a little RV ing at FDR's state park. And when I say little... that's what I mean. The Taylor family RV accommodations required Kadence and I to share a twin bed. And the next RV outing will require me to stay at the nearest Holiday Inn.


Our campgrounds, however scenic the view.... was hard to enjoy with a krink in your entire body.





We decided to take a tour of Warm Springs and FDR's (Franklin D. Roosevelt) Little White House.

Franklin D. Roosevelt came to Warm Springs in 1924 in hopes of recovering from the effects of polio. His love for the area and hopes for the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation led him to build a small white clapboard cottage on these pine scented slopes. The house was completed in 1932 while F.D.R. was serving as Governor of New York. During F.D.R.'s four elected terms as the 32nd President the cottage became known as "The Little White House."

The cost was $8,738 including landscaping. The cottage, garage, servant’s quarters and guest house are preserved much like they were on April 12, 1945 when F.D.R. died of a massive stroke as he was sitting for a portrait. The "Unfinished Portrait" and many of F.D.R.'s personal belongings can be seen in the cottage and in an adjacent museum.

During the busy years between 1932 and 1945 F.D.R. visited his beloved Little White House on several occasions while he and the nation struggled through the Great Depression of 1929 and then World War II. Many of the solutions to the "people problems" that beset the nation during his presidency came to F.D.R. as the result of his association with the people of this area.

We enjoyed seeing a snippet of history. Kadence kept asking Grammie,"Why are we here?" I guess she preferred the safari adventure... but Grammie replied, "to see history". The answer still left her with a questionable look.

Blessings to those with a little history,

Kristie