The statue, an homage to the celebrated presidential dog Fala and created as a memorial to a beloved teacher, has been stolen ...
Rotarians around the world are on a common mission. Eradicate Polio! Polio is a terrible disease affecting mostly children.
Roosevelt — who had also been diagnosed with the paralyzing disease — established a polio treatment center. Two years after contracting polio, and roughly a decade before the nation’s first polio ...
In 1921 Roosevelt was diagnosed with polio and became paralyzed in each of his extremities (although he would eventually regain the use of his arms, his legs never fully recovered). While his mother ...
Roosevelt sought relief in the therapeutic waters of Warm Springs, Georgia. He soon bought the resort and turned it into a haven for polio sufferers. The Warm Springs Foundation, which first ...
The concerned citizens could include a member of Roosevelt’s family, a person who suffered from polio, a historian who has written a biography of FDR, an activist who works on behalf of rights ...
FDR’s own history with polio led to him being confined to a wheelchair and contributed to his death at age 63. Based on Roosevelt’s work with the March of Dimes, he was a natural choice for ...
Some people may have thought so in 1921, but these days even a TV audience has heard that polio is caused by a virus. Troubles & Perquisite. As Roosevelt recovers and tries to learn to walk ...