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Transcription: The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial is composed of four outdoor rooms built of rough-hewn marble. Here are commemorated the people and events of his unprecedented 12 years as president. Though stricken with polio at 39, FDR persevered. He entered the presidency during the Great Depression of the 1930s, managed massive recovery programs, and led the nation through the agonizing years of World He died in office in 1945 when victory was in sight. His statue in the memorial shows the careworn face of his later years. The expression of the strength, courage and optimism that characterized both h ...