Julian Garcia

Along with FDR Memorial in general, this statue of the Eleanor Roosevelt was a pretty cool site to see! The FDR Memorial park is huge! So much so, that it took me between 25-30 minutes to smoothly walk through it. I'm not a huge fan of the man FDR, (I'll keep my reasons to myself, since I never intend to discuss politics on my reviews) but I still ad mired all the statues and the walls which contained notable quotes from FDR himself, some of which were deep, others not so much. Funny story: as my mother and I were walking through this place, we ran into a group of eighth graders, and this was this tour guide who asked all of them to finish the famous line from FDR: "We have nothing to fear..." I responded: "...But fear itself!" The guide responded: "He knows it...!...and he's not even a member of this group!!" All the people around my mother and I laughed laughed for 5 seconds straight, not AT me, but WITH me!! I felt like flexing my muscles of knowledge in front of the D.C. tourists!! No matter your view of FDR, this is still cool place to check out, when visiting D.C.!

A great place to relax, talk with family and friends, and even splash around it’s Jeff Koons sculpture in the summertime when water flies out from the ground, encircling the sculpture! It’s located in a loud part of Lower Manhattan, but right next to a silent memorial park. The atmosphere feels heavenly and extremely soothing!!