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Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Biography
Franklin D. Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New York on January
30, 1882, the son of James Roosevelt and Sara Delano Roosevelt. His parents
and private tutors provided him with almost all his formative education.
President Roosevelt's boyhood home is a popular related attraction
at the Hyde Park historic site. The house, on a 188-acre estate, contains
an office which the President referred to as his "Summer White House". From
this room he broadcast the last speech of his fourth campaign for the
Presidency on November 6, 1944. Famous guests....
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