In the event of my death....

ID: 362 ~ Source: Roosevelt, Franklin. Letter. “FDR’s Handwritten Burial Instructions.” Letter, December 26, 1937. President’s Secretary’s Files. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum. http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/_resources/images/sign/fdr_20.pdf.
 ~ Creator: Franklin Delano Roosevelt ~ Date: 1937
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Almost ten years before his passing, FDR left instructions for his funeral, tombstone and for his wife.

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By Franklin Delano Roosevelt
"Confidentially, my plans are to be in Warm Springs, Georgia after March twenty-ninth, for a couple of weeks" Editor's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt died in one of his favorite places. The quote above was part of a telegram he…