It was my first time Washington DC before and the FDR Memorial was my first stop, I would be impressed. In short, what I found in this Washington DC charter bus rental tourist destination is literally nothing to shout about. As one would have expected, it is dedicated to one of the best Presidents in the world (to me, that is!), Franklin D. Roosevelt. I have nothing against visiting places like this but too much of a good thing can be a bad thing.
Basics first…when they built this monument, it was probably never meant to be the kind of Washington DC charter bus rental tourist attraction that it is today. I can’t blame the foreigners for gawking and taking down notes because it’s really great to be able to learn about the life and times of one of the best leaders in the world. We took the charter bus there in hope of learning something new about the people and president when he was in office. The one thing I find is that the FDR Washington DC Memorial was that it didn’t only showcased FDR’s life and work but also the people who lived at that time. Now, THAT’s what I call a real monument.
Washington DC’s FDR Memorial is located along the Tidal Basin. It’s large but not astronomously so. Its got four gallery rooms found outdoors and each of them represented different angles to Roosevelt’s life as a person and as a president. Of course, when you take the rented Washington DC charter there, you’ll be learning about how he intelligently maneuvered his way around the Great Depression. All the facts were a little lost to us but I adored the room they dedicated to Roosevelt’s ‘convenient’ wife, Eleanor Roosevelt. You don’t get to see something like this anywhere else in the country because this is the only exhibit in the country dedicated to our First Lady.
While the exhibits were wonderful, they were clean, informative and alarmingly in-depth, the lighting to FDR Memorial was a little too low for my liking. Perhaps, the people who designed this Washington DC charter bus rental attraction had the intention of creating a surreal or cozy atmosphere. We took, as advised, the Audio Tour whereby our tour from exhibit to exhibit was a convenient and easy one. I completely recommend it! I learned a lot more about the power behind the president after the Washington charter bus rental stop there.
Once you’re done with FDR Memorial, you should hop on over to the Jefferson Memorial right next door. Or you can opt to sit outside in the garden for a while…it’s breathtakingly beautiful and you ought not hesitate to take as many pictures as your fingers can handle.
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FDR
MEMORIAL (WASHINGTON
DC)
900, Ohio Drive Southwest
Washington DC 20024
Tel: 1 202 426 6841
Website: http://www.nps.gov/fdrm/
