Historic Serenity with FDR

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, so often beloved in American presidential history, a man quietly crippled for the bulk of his administration by the effects of polio, had originally come to Warm Springs, Georgia during the 1920s, hoping to find a cure. He felt that the mountain waters offered at least the air of rejuvenation and healing. Franklin and Eleanor bought a house, set up a community pool, and eventually, after the election, referred to most of it as their Little White House. On April 12, 1945, the president was seen slumped over in a chair by the fireplace, having suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. Just days before his death, he had ridden to the edge of Pine Mountain, pondering what he hoped would be some of his final decisions of World War II, decisions that fell, in the end, to Mr. Truman.

The pool, the house, and the mountain were all places where I spent a part of my Spring Break. My historic serenity.