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Related: About this forumFDR also got personally involved in the infrastructure project of Washington National Airport
FDR encouraged the idea of basing the design of main National Airport terminal (1941) on nearby Mount Vernon as a tribute to George Washington:
FDR also got personally involved in infrastructure project of National Airport DC ..., opened eighty years ago this yearhe also watched the first {plane} (DC-3) officially landing on its runway:
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FDR also got personally involved in the infrastructure project of Washington National Airport (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Nov 2021
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You'd like walking around the area of the National Mall and Pennsylvania Avenue
mahatmakanejeeves
Nov 2021
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Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)1. Be loving everything about FDR!
mahatmakanejeeves
(62,826 posts)2. You'd like walking around the area of the National Mall and Pennsylvania Avenue
in downtown DC. Evidence of him is everywhere.
Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)3. We live in the world that FDR created.