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Dedication of FDR statue set for Oct. 17

Posted 10/11/16

The Presidents’ Circle, an assembly of five presidential bronze statues, will gain a member on Monday, Oct. 17.

The Public Committee will dedicate the President Franklin D. Roosevelt statue at …

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Dedication of FDR statue set for Oct. 17

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The Presidents’ Circle, an assembly of five presidential bronze statues, will gain a member on Monday, Oct. 17.

The Public Committee will dedicate the President Franklin D. Roosevelt statue at 11 a.m. in Fountain Park along Saguaro Boulevard.

Marty Brown, chairman of the FDR Committee, said artist Matt Glen of Provo, Utah, will be among the dignitaries participating in the ceremony. Others will be Mayor Linda Kavanagh and Sandi Thompson, Public Art Committee president.

Roosevelt was the 32nd U.S. President and the only one to serve four terms.

He is viewed as the strength of America through the Great Depression. He created the New Deal, a program of relief, recovery and reform while most were suffering dramatically with the poor economic state of the country.

Roosevelt started fireside chats, the first time in history that a President communicated by radio with millions of the nation’s citizens.

Brown said any owner of a Scottish Terrier is welcome to bring the pet to the dedication. Fala, a Scottish Terrier, was Roosevelt’s dog. A statue of him is prominently featured at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C. He is the only presidential pet so honored.

The privately funded statue joins bronzes of Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and Ronald Reagan.