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Four Freedoms Park Conservancy is a non-profit organization that programs Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park on Roosevelt Island.

Four Freedoms Park Conservancy, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in June 2011. Today, the Conservancy programs Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park on Roosevelt Island, on behalf of the people of New York, and in partnership with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.More About The Park

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Jun 7

Behind-the-scenes at the Park with architect Gina

Behind-the-scenes at the Park with architect Gina Pollara under the western allèe of trees.

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Jun 6

Today marks the anniversary of D-Day. From Eleanor

Today marks the anniversary of D-Day. From Eleanor Roosevelt:

"So at last we have come to D-Day, or rather, the news of it reached us over the radio in the early hours of the morning on June the 6th. The first people I saw seemed very much excited. Curiously enough, I have no sense of excitement whatsoever. It seems as though we have been waiting for this day for weeks, and dreading it, and now all emotion is drained away.

All the preparation that has gone on, the endless photographing, the endless air raids, the constant practice of the men in landing, or in whatever their specialty may be—this is now ended. The fact that boys you know have been waiting with an almost desperate feeling for this day, when all their training would be tested, made you dread it and yet hope for it.

The time is here, and in this country, we live in safety and comfort and wait for victory. It is difficult to make life seem real. It is hard to believe that the beaches of France, which we once knew, are now places from which, in days to come, boys in hospitals over here will tell us that they have returned. They may never go beyond the water or the beach, but all their lives, perhaps, they will bear the marks of this day. At that, they will be fortunate, for many others won't return.

This is the beginning of a long, hard fight, a fight for ports where heavy materials of war must be landed, a fight for airfields in the countries in which we must operate. Day by day, miles of country may be taken, lost and retaken. That is what we have to face, what the boys who are over there have been preparing for and what must be done before the day of victory. That day is coming surely. It will be a happy and glorious day."

Pictured: American troops head toward Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944

#onthisday #otd #dday #fdr #eleanorroosevelt

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Jun 5

PUBLIC ART IN NYC: A joyful, endearing bronze scul

PUBLIC ART IN NYC: A joyful, endearing bronze sculpture is welcoming New Yorkers and visitors to the heart of Midtown Manhattan’s Garment District with "Kneeler", created by artist Joy Brown.

Located on Broadway between 39th and 40th Streets, Kneeler is a large bronze figure that holds a quiet power, a friendly space inviting visitors to touch and play, and will be available to the public through August 31st.

Photo: Joy Brown’s new outdoor art installation, Kneeler’. Photo credit: Alexandre Ayer/@DiversityPics for the Garment District Alliance

#publicart #publicartnyc #sculpture

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Jun 4

Visitors take in the sights while enjoying a momen

Visitors take in the sights while enjoying a moment in the sun in our Adirondack chairs. The United Nations building stands across the river behind them.

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Jun 3

How does the Park inspire you? Tag your photos t

How does the Park inspire you?

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Here we see a male dancer posing in the Room.

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Jun 2

On this day in 1938, FDR addressed the graduating

On this day in 1938, FDR addressed the graduating class at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

"No matter whether your specialty be naval science, or medicine, or the law, or teaching, or the church, or civil service, or business, or public service- remember that you will never reach the top and stay at the top unless you are well-rounded in your knowledge of all the other factors in modern civilization that lie outside of your own special profession.

That applies to all of world thought and world problems, but it applies, of course, with special emphasis to the thought and the problems of our own Nation."

Pictured: President Roosevelt shakes a graduating midshipman's hand. (Baltimore Sun)

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Jun 1

June 1st is the first day of Pride Month. While we

June 1st is the first day of Pride Month. While we will not be outfitting our stairs with the Pride Flag this summer, instead celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month later this season, the spirit of Pride continues to align with the four freedoms every day. We hope you will visit the park! Open every day 9am to 7pm, closed Tuesdays.

#Pride #pride2023 #nycpride

Photo: A person walks up a giant LGBTQ Pride Flag installed on the steps of Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park to celebrate WorldPride in New York City, U.S., June 14, 2019. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

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May 31

Four Freedoms Park Conservancy would like to congr

Four Freedoms Park Conservancy would like to congratulate our board member, Dr. Peniel Joseph, on his well-deserved 2023 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for his book "The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century". Pictured is the announcement as seen in Austin, Texas on the Paramount marquee.

#robertfkennedyaward #authorlife

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May 30

PUBLIC ART IN NYC: The @montaguebid has unveiled M

PUBLIC ART IN NYC: The @montaguebid has unveiled Montague Street Blooms, a 6-foot tall pop-up flower park installation created by artists Piera Bonerba and Emanuele Simonelli, blooming during Open Streets on Montague every Saturday in June and July (except June 10th) from 12-6pm on Montague Street between Henry and Hicks Streets in Brooklyn Heights.

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May 29

When flow’ry Summer is at hand, And Spring has g

When flow’ry Summer is at hand,
And Spring has gemm’d the earth with bloom,
We hither bring, with loving hand,
Bright flow’rs to deck our soldier’s tomb.

Gentle birds above are sweetly singing
O’er the graves of heroes brave and true;
While the sweetest flow’rs we are bringing,
Wreath’d in garlands of red, white and blue.

With snowy hawthorn, clusters white,
Fair violets of heav’nly blue,
And early roses, fresh and bright,
We wreathe the red, and white, and blue.

- “Soldier’s Memorial Day”, Mary B. C. Slade

Photo: Sailor and Girl at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, May 1943.

Photographer: John Collier Jr.

#MemorialDay #decorationday #memorialdayweekend

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May 28

On this day in 1937, President Roosevelt ceremonia

On this day in 1937, President Roosevelt ceremonially opened the Golden Gate bridge to vehicular traffic. He did this all the way from the Oval Office in Washington, pushing a golden telegraph button to signal the start of a large formal procession. He said, “The bridge which could not and should not be built, which the [U.S.] War Department would not permit, which the rocky foundation of the pier base would not support, which would have no traffic to justify it, which would ruin the beauty of the Golden Gate, which could not be completed within my costs estimate of $27,165,000, stands before you in all its majestic splendor, in complete refutation of every attack made upon it.”

#OTD #OnThisDay #goldengatebridge #FDR #bridges

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May 27

The focal point of Louis Kahn's design for the Par

The focal point of Louis Kahn's design for the Park is a bronze head of President Franklin D. Roosevelt made by the great American portrait sculptor, Jo Davidson. Modeled in 1933 during Roosevelt’s first term, Davidson’s portrait reflects the vitality, intelligence, and determination of the man who over twelve years would devise the country's path out of the Great Depression and through the worst of World War II toward peace and prosperity.

#jodavidson #publicart #sculptureart #publicsculpture #FDR