I agree with Marc Fisher [Metro, Jan. 11] regarding the new wheelchair statue at the FDR Memorial. But I was surprised that he didn't make one important point: The FDR Memorial already had a ...

"This is what we feel will communicate the reality of FDR's life. He did, in reality, lead this nation from a wheelchair, every day for three and a fraction terms." Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa ...

Unable to walk from polio, FDR was lifted from the limo and placed in his wheelchair. “He immediately put up a happy front, playfully waving and wisecracking as he was wheeled into the hospital ...

"I am an FDR buff," plaintiff Phil Beder, who uses a wheelchair, said in a statement released by the group Disability Rights Advocates. "He's my hero. It's patently ironic that a memorial built in ...

A new “room” at the entrance to the present memorial contains a simple, life-size bronze statue depicting Roosevelt seated in his wheelchair, wearing his trademark rumpled suit, pince-nez ...