FDR's Final Journey Home

What happened the day FDR died and his journey back to his home on the Hudson in Hyde Park. NY.

[@thedealer777]

I remember THAT photo of CPO Jackson playing "Going Home". I think I saw it in a "LIFE" magazine at my grandfather's, when i was a young boy. What made it memorable, was the way my grandfather spoke of that picture and that day. He was not given much to showing emotion, but his voice broke a little talking about that day and FDR's funeral train. How so many Americans stood along its route to say "goodbye." I saw the same thing again as a few years later, as a12-year-old boy in 1968 with Robert Kennedy's funeral train. I then realized for myself, why my grandfather's voice broke.

[@katherinedoherty8823]

My parents were children and young teens during FDR's many year as POTUS. Their love and respect of how he lead our country through the depression and a World War was clear. Like the previous poster I recall Robert Kennedy'd death clearly.. it was awful- a father of so many children taken by a madman. . I was 11 years old, but I can recall my Dad kneeling to pray for him and his family.

[@1JamesMayToGoPlease]

So sad. He remains, to this day, the greatest POTUS.

[@layneannen]

It's 2023 and I'm watching this with tears streaming down my face. An amazing humanitarian, the greatest president in history.

[@mesaeddie]

One year later me too.

[@tedcrim485]

FDR, a President whose influence remains viable and visible in contemporary American life. President Roosevelt led the nation through the Great Depression and World War II with bold, capable leadership. His estate in Hyde Park, New York is a historical site that offers an important glimpse into this great man whose top tier legacy ranks alongside Presidents' Washington and Lincoln.

[@larryaldama1673]

🙏🏽🇺🇸🙏🏽

[@victorwadsworth821]

My dad lived in Shilo, ten miles from FDR, FDR heard my dad was named after him & wrote my dad a letter. My dad was at the train station & stood behind the black man playing the accordion. My cousins Danny & Ricky still live in Manchester, Warm Springs area last I checked. The portrait was on display at one time at the Little White House.

[@sherryhannah9262]

Victor Wadsworth it still is

[@victorwadsworth821]

@@sherryhannah9262 It wasn't when I last visited, many years ago. I liked the 50 pieces of granite from all the US States.

[@FedeZande08]

The best President of the USA🇺🇸 Rest in Peace Franklin

[@larryaldama1673]

🇺🇸🙏🏽🇺🇸

[@larryaldama1673]

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[@jackbuckley7816]

Always moving to recall those sad days as the news of the great man's passing circled the world. I've been to the Little White House at Warms Springs, seeing the very chair in which the president was sitting when the end came. I've also visited the nearby state park where one can take in the same view as did he on his frequent picnics with friends & guests. What a pivotal era in American, and world, history. FDR was the right man, at the right time, and for which we only can be grateful.

[@BarryMerson-zr1sv]

Franklin Roosevelt's funeral began at 4:00 pm. At that exact moment there was a brief but powerful thunderstorm over New York City.

[@bobb1870]

It doesn't matter when this memorial took place. Anytime we lose a President, this is a sad event of mourning and reflection. We all start out as dust and return as dust. Thank You and R.I.P. FDR.

[@jayrussell9256]

What a great man he was!!!

[@1JamesMayToGoPlease]

I would *never* have been able to read that without my voice breaking - thank you :)

[@yasmine5105]

From where we all come we must return and all be judged on the same day.

[@larry1824]

Going home going home😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@DollyTrees-do8zu]

This is Jeanette nail my older sister was born in 2-12-1945

[@retroguy9494]

All those high level top government officials riding together on ONE train! And in the middle of World War II no less! Could any of you imagine such a thing being allowed to happen today? And Truman hadn't named a vice president yet! And how could it possibly take almost 13 hours for a train to get from Washington DC to Hyde Park New York? The 20th Century Limited made it from New York City to Chicago in 16 hours! Unless, of course, they went real slow again so people could see him.

[@pruittiii]

Southern Railways and government officials had originally planned to "shotgun" the train into DC at a high speed making the trip in twelve hours, stopping only to change locomotives (rather than reloading with coal and water). Mrs. Roosevelt objected. She wanted people to be able to farewells to the president. Once railroad officials realized how many people would be lining the tracks, they agreed - partially from a safety perspective and partially to allow goodbyes to be said. As a result, it was a twenty-four hour journey. The train stopped in cities and towns along the route so dignitaries could present wreaths and express condolences.

[@retroguy9494]

@@pruittiii I think you're speaking of the train from Warm Springs Georgia where FDR died to Washington DC for the funeral, aren't you? That would have taken about 12 hours at a good speed. I'm speaking of the train ride from Washington DC to FDR's home in Hyde Park New York for the burial. You can DRIVE from the White House to FDR's house in Hyde Park in about 5 hours. How could it POSSIBLY have taken 13 hours by train?

[@aprilsmith3683]

Three terms in office speaks volumes... 🇿🇦

[@DougGrinbergs]

Former FDR VP Henry Wallace wrote in his diary that, with each mile of the funeral train, he could feel the New Deal slipping away... ☹️ as per John Nichols, author of The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party

[@DougGrinbergs]

4:07 18 cars leaving DC with Truman, Cabinet, Supreme Court, 2nd train with many others... 4:49 Hyde Park.

[@larryaldama1673]

Sad day like JFK😔

[@parkermegan91]

We need to stop letting great presidents die in tiny beds

[@larryaldama1673]

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[@kathleenevans1201]

We could have done just fine without Social Security.

[@brianmouton196]

Fdr was trash

[@larryaldama1673]

You mean pervert Trump 👍🤬

[@larryaldama1673]

Greatest President ever 🇺🇸🙏🏽🇺🇸

[@larryaldama1673]

You r trash 👍🤣

[@brianmouton196]

@@larryaldama1673 hmm are we talking about the same one that confiscated gold from the american people? That fdr?

[@georgebates7862]

And in the Bizarro World that occupies Brian Mouton's head, DJT was the Second Coming of Christ.