Franklin D. Roosevelt Grill, Pine Mountain, GA
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Tablet mounted in a brick wall above a former cookout grill used by Franklin D. Roosevelt on Dowdell Knob, near Pine Mountain GA, in FDR Park.
Waymark Code: WMJAFE
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/19/2013
Views: 12
Franklin D. Roosevelt was a frequent visitor (41 trips) to Warm Springs from 1924-1945. Dowdell’s Knob was one of his favorite spots for both quiet contemplation and picnics. F.D.R. visited this spot overlooking Pine Mountain Valley as a private citizen, as governor of New York and as 32nd president of the U.S.
He wanted more people to visit the area and urged the building of the scenic highway across Pine Mt. and the construction of the spur here (1937).
President Roosevelt had the grill built to help him enjoy picnics in his more formal style. He preferred linen-draped tables with hot dishes served from silver. In place of a blanket he preferred to sit on a chair or on an automobile seat placed on the ground.
F.D.R. came here to contemplate the upcoming founding of the United Nations and the Americans dying on Okinawa and in Germany during his final trip to Warm Springs, April, 1945.
Inscription:
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Loved to picnic here
and he had this grill
built. It was filled
in to preserve it.
Group that erected the marker: Franklin D. Roosevelt Warm Springs Memorial Commission
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Dowdell Knob Road
Pine Mountain, GA US
31822
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