Franklin D. Roosevelt Historical Marker

FDR Historical Marker

Located on the Hall County Courthouse Square, Gainesville, Ga.

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JOINT RESOLUTION

 

WHEREAS: ON APRIL 6, 1936, THE CITY OF GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA,

SUFFERED TREMENDOUS LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY BY REASON OF A TORNADO, AND

WHEREAS: ON APRIL 9, 1936, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

OF AMERICA, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, VISITED THIS STRICKEN COMMUNITY AND

SET IN MOTION THE GREAT POWERS OF THE GOVERNMENT IN THE RECONSTRUCTION

AND REHABILITATION OF OUR HOMES AND PROPERTY, AND

WHEREAS: THE CITIZENS OF GAINESVILLE AND HALL COUNTY DESIRE TO

PERMANENTLY AND PROPERLY EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE TO FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT,

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND ALL THE AGENCIES UNDER HIS DIRECTION,

FOR THE AID AND ASSISTANCE IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THIS COMMUNITY.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND

REVENUES OF HALL COUNTY AND THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF GAINESVILLE

IN JOINT MEETING ASSEMBLED THIS THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1937,

THAT A SUITABLE MEMORIAL BE ERECTED ON THE COURT HOUSE GROUNDS

WITHIN THE CITY OF GAINESVILLE MEMORIALIZING THE VISIT OF PRESIDENT

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, AND THAT SUFFICIENT FUNDS BE AND ARE HEREBY

APPROPRIATED FOR THE CONSUMMATION OF THIS PURPOSE.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: THAT THE CITY HALL SQUARE AND THE HALL

COUNTY COURT HOUSE SQUARE BE AND ARE HEREBY DEDICATED AND ARE TO BE

KNOWN FOREVER AS ROOSEVELT SQUARES IN HONOR OF FRANKLIN D.

ROOSEVELT AS A TRIBUTE FROM A LOVING PEOPLE TO A GREAT LEADER, AND

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED" THAT THESE RESOLUTIONS BE SPREAD

ON THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AND BE ENGRAVEN

ON A SUITABLE AND IMPERISHABLE TABLET AND PLACED ON THE AFORESAID MEMORIAL.

 

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND REVENUES

HALL COUNTY, GEORGIA

W. FRANK PECK, CHAIRMAN

 

 

 

Photo: Ed Jackson

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