Today, a visit from the President of the United States often means traffic jams and inconvenience. But, in the early days of the City of Atlanta, a visit from the Commander in Chief was an occasion for great fanfare. Probably because such visits were few and far between and the opportunity to see, first-hand and up-close, the leader of our nation was one that not many could pass up.
Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Atlanta on more than one occasion, probably because he spent so much time in Georgia at Warm Springs. In 1935, FDR came to Atlanta to dedicate something near and dear to his heart. Something that, ironically, ended up becoming what it was created to replace, which is why it was torn down. It is the subject of this week’s Stories of Atlanta.
