Eleanor Roosevelt Girls’ Leadership Workshops – Application Deadline

Title: Eleanor Roosevelt Girls’ Leadership Workshops – Application Deadline
Location: Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val Kill
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Description: The Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val Kill presents the Girls’ Leadership Workshop (GLW). Each summer the GLW programs to educate, empower, and activate adolescent girls to become the next generation of social justice leaders. The primary objective of the GLW is to create a more just world by preparing young women for future positions of personal, political, and professional leadership, using the example set by Eleanor Roosevelt.

At Val-Kill, Mrs. Roosevelt’s country home and retreat in Hyde Park, New York, high school girls celebrate the life and legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt, develop their leadership skills, and strengthen their commitment and confidence to make a difference in their communities. With Eleanor Roosevelt as a role model, the Girls’ Leadership Workshop helps girls believe in themselves and achieve their dreams. Deadline for 2010 session applications: February 8, 2010. For more information and application forms click here

FDR’s Birthday Ceremony

Title: FDR’s Birthday Ceremony
Location: 4079 Albany Post Road Hyde Park, NY 12538
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Description: On Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. the National Park Service will hold a Rose Garden Ceremony to commemorate Franklin Roosevelt’s Birthday. Following the ceremony, the FDR Presidential Library will invite attendees to return to the Wallace Center for birthday cake and refreshments free of charge.
Free public event. For information call (845) 486-7745.

Start Time: 03:00
Date: 2010-01-30

FDR Presidential Library’s holiday decorations

Title: FDR Presidential Library’s holiday decorations
Location: 4079 Albany Post Road Hyde Park, NY 12538
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Description: The FDR Presidential Library’s holiday decorations this year are based
on Christmas 1943, the first time after his 1933 inaugural that
President Roosevelt and his family returned to Hyde Park to celebrate
the holiday. A large, decorated tree in the Library lobby and
decorations in FDR’s Study are based on family photographs from the
period.
Start Date: 2009-12-01
End Date: 2009-12-31

ERs Woodland Walk

Title: ERs Woodland Walk
Location: 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY, 12538
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Description: Explore nature at Val-Kill as you walk through the same woods Eleanor Roosevelt explored. Learn where her woodland adventures in her “My Day” columns, then create a nature guidebook with bark rubbings, leaf tracing and animal track identifications.
Start Time: 2:00
Date: 2009-08-30
End Time: 3:00

Roosevelts and the River Hike

Title: Roosevelts and the River Hike
Location: 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY, 12538
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Description: Embark on a hike along the same road that FDR enjoyed at Springwood.
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2009-07-13
End Time: 11:00

Boyhood Fun

Title: Boyhood Fun
Location: 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY, 12538
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Description: Play like Franklin Roosevelt did in the olden days of the 19th century. Learn to use Jacob’s ladder, a jump rope or the hoop and stick.
Start Time: 2:00
Date: 2009-07-11
End Time: 3:00

Hudson River, American Highway Hike

Title: Hudson River, American Highway Hike
Location: 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY, 12538
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Description: Take a leisurely hike along the Vanderbilt property, enjoy the Hudson River vistas and learn about this incredible link to our nation.
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2009-07-11
End Time: 11:00

Streamside Fun

Title: Streamside Fun
Location: Home of Franklin Roosevelt 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY, 12538
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Description: – Take an exploratory trip to the Maritje Kill creek for a fun and in depth look at the ecosystem during this activity.
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2009-07-10
End Time: 11:00

FDR’s Boyhood Fun

Title: FDR’s Boyhood Fun
Location: 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY
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Description: An hour filled with fun and activities! Tour the estate and learn about young Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the future President.
Start Time: 2:00
Date: 2009-07-18
End Time: 3:00

Constitution Week

Title: Constitution Week
Location: 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY 12538
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Description: In partnership with the National Constitution Center’s annual I signed the Constitution program, the FDR Library will commemorate Constitution Day with a week-long display of a copy of the Constitution.
Start Date: 2009-09-13
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Date: 2009-09-19
End Time: 5:00 PM

Detail:

The FDR Presidential Library will commemorate Constitution Day with a week-long display of a copy of the U.S. Constitution and citizens can publicly ackonwledge their dedication to the ideals of our governing document, which has formed the basis of the oldest consititutional government in the world, by adding their signatures.