Contact:
Cliff Laube, FDR Presidential Library, (845) 486-7745 or
Franceska Macsali Urbin, National Park Service, at (845) 489-8513
FREE HOLIDAY EVENTS AT
FDR PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND
HOME OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
-- Saturday, December 14, 2024 --
Holiday Open Houses, Decorations,
Children's Reading Festival,
Music, Holiday Cards for Sailors on the
USS ROOSEVELT, Photos with Santa
HYDE PARK, NY -- On Saturday, December 14, 2024, the FDR Presidential Library and Museum and the Home of FDR National Historic Site will host a full day of free holiday events. The Museum will be open to visitors free of charge from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Home of FDR (Springwood) will have tours available from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. There will be holiday decorations, refreshments and special activities -- including the annual Children's Reading Festival and free photo time with Santa -- beginning at Noon in the Henry A. Wallace Center.
Children's Reading Festival, Photos with Santa, and Holiday Cards for SailorsBeginning at Noon, children can make holiday cards for sailors on the USS FRANKLIN AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (www.surflant.usff.navy.mil/ddg80/) and meet with Dickens, a little black Scottie dog who loves to impersonate President Roosevelt's famous dog, Fala. There will be holiday music and free photo time with Santa from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served throughout the afternoon.
The annual Children's Reading Festival -- presented by the Roosevelt Library and the Friends of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District -- will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on December 14, 2024. Children's book authors will read from and sign copies of their books. Featured books will be available for purchase in the New Deal Store in the Wallace Center.
Children's Reading Festival authors include:
1:30 p.m.
A.J. Schenkman
author of FRANKLIN’S TREES.
2:15 p.m.
Michael Garland
author of OH, WHAT A CHRISTMAS! and GRANDPA'S TRACTOR (LIFE ON THE FARM).
3:00 p.m.
Barbara Ann Mojica
author of LITTLE MISS HISTORY TRAVELS TO HYDE PARK, HOME OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT: PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY & MUSEUM.
Holiday Open House - December 14, 2024 - Roosevelt Library and Home
Holiday Open House on December 14 is from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Home of FDR National Historic Site and at the Roosevelt Library. Both the Home and the Roosevelt Library study will be decorated for the holidays as they were during the Roosevelt presidency. Admission is free to the Home and Library throughout the day.
For more information please call: Cliff Laube, Roosevelt Library, (845) 486-7745; or Franceska Macsali Urbin, National Park Service, (845) 489-8513.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
Designed by Franklin Roosevelt and dedicated on June 30, 1941, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum is the nation's first presidential library and the only one used by a sitting president. Administered by the National Archives and Records Administration since 1941, the Library preserves and makes accessible to the American people the records of FDR's presidency. The Roosevelt Library's mission is to foster a deeper understanding of the lives and times of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and their continuing impact on contemporary life. This work is carried out through the Library's archives and research room, museum collections and exhibitions, innovative educational programs, and engaging public programming. Visit www.fdrlibrary.org for more information.
The National Park Service administers the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Sites in Hyde Park, New York. Visitors to the sites can enjoy guided tours of the historic buildings, beautiful gardens, lush green lawns, and miles of hiking trails. Special park events are offered throughout the year, and kids can participate in free junior ranger programs. For more information visit www.nps.gov/hofr.
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