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Article: Statue of FDR in Wheelchair To Be Dedicated by President Clinton

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December 29, 2000
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the National Organization on Disability:

The National Organization on Disability (N.O.D.) was informed today by the White House that President Clinton will dedicate the statue of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a wheelchair at the FDR Memorial in Washington, D.C. on January 10, 2001. The statue will be placed at the entrance to the seven-acre Memorial site in Potomac Park, in the Tidal Basin south of the Lincoln Memorial. "This dedication represents a great victory for people with disabilities. The statue will be an inspiration to people worldwide, disabled and non-disabled alike. FDR's Memorial will finally ...

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