Sculpture of FDR Using a Wheelchair Similar to One He Actually Used - Located in the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

After the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial was dedicated in 1997, an additional sculpture of FDR was added near the entrance to the memorial of FDR sitting in a wheelchair similar to one he actually used. This additional statue was placed in the memorial in January 2001.

The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial is located next to the Tidal Basin which is surrounded by Washington DC’s blooming cherry trees. In the photograph above a cherry tree with its blossoms is visible in the upper left corner.

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The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial is located on the southwest edge of the Tidal Basin accessible by foot from the path around the edge of the Tidal Basin with another entrance on West Basin Drive SW in Washington DC. Click Here for Google Map showing the location of the FDR Wheelchair Sculpture in the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial.

Closest Metro Station: The Smithsonian Metro Station on the Blue and Orange Lines is the nearest Metro Station to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial With Seagulls. A lone cherry blossom tree is visible at the left edge of the photograph.

Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial and Light Pink Cherry Blossoms

This memorial was built between 1939 and 1943, and the statute of Thomas Jefferson was placed in the center of the memorial in 1947.

Many more seagulls than you might expect to find in Washington DC find time to visit the Tidal Basin. Some visitors provide food for the seagulls, and that can attract them in huge numbers.

Blossoming cherry trees line the edge of the Tidal Basis and provide a powerful attraction for visitors during the National Cherry Blossom Festival in the spring of each year. The peak bloom date for cherry blossoms changes each year, but it is usually in the first week of April.

Click Cherry Blossom Bloom Schedule to visit the National Park Service Cherry Blossom Bloom Schedule.

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is located on the south edge of the Tidal Basin just off of Ohio Drive SW in Washington DC. Click Here for Google Map showing the location of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial.

Closest Metro Station: The Smithsonian Metro Station on the Blue and Orange Lines is the nearest Metro Station to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Viewed Underneath the Deep Pink Blossoms of a Cherry Tree

Paddles the Beaver Asking People Not to Pick the Cherry Blossoms

Along with the Cherry Blossoms comes the National Cherry Blossom Festival and Paddles the Beaver carrying his large stop sign – STOP Please Do Not Pick the Blossoms.

The sign is temporary and moveable. This photograph was taken a the edge of the Tidal Basin at the entrance to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. Click Here for Google Map showing the location of this Paddles the Beaver sign when the photograph was taken.

Closest Metro Station: The Smithsonian Metro Station on the Blue and Orange Lines is the nearest Metro Station to the Tidal Basin.

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Spring in Washington - The Washington Monument Rises Above the Cherry Blossoms

Every spring around the first of April the cherry blossoms come to Washington.

Spring Has Come to Washington - The Washington Monument Framed by Cherry Blossoms

The blossoms are accompanied by the annual Cherry Blossom Festival and busload after busload of visitors.

When the blossoms come, the sidewalks that wind through and under the cherry blossom trees are often crowded with visitors from early in the morning until late into the evening.

Many of the cherry blossom trees line the edge of the tidal basin where the Thomas Jefferson Memorial is located.

This picture of the Washington Monument was taken from the sidewalk around the edge of the Tidal Basin.

Click Cherry Blossom Bloom Schedule to visit the National Park Service Cherry Blossom Bloom Schedule.

Click Here for Google Map showing the location of the Washington Monument.

Closest Metro Station: The Smithsonian Metro Station on the Blue and Orange Lines is the nearest Metro Station to the Washington Monument.