A Journey with FDR -- The FDR Funeral Train
David Winans of Spartanburg, SC shares the powerful and moving story of the FDR Funeral Train. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt passed away in April 1945 at Warm Springs, Georgia, the Southern Railway dispatched two locomotives and several passenger cars to transport the President’s body. Once FDR’s casket was placed aboard, the train began its solemn journey—forever remembered as the FDR Funeral Train. David recounts the poignant and often chilling details of its passage from Warm Springs to Washington, D.C., and finally to President Roosevelt’s final resting place in Hyde Park, New York. Don’t miss this compelling presentation on a moment that deeply touched the nation.
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