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Hyde Park

Franklin Roosevelt National Historic Park

by 1229

A July 2005 travel journal

Last Updated: September 27, 2006

Journal Usefulness Rating 2 out of 5
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Come here and see the home of where Franklin Roosevelt lived.

There is a courtyard with balconies for the rooms. There is breakfast in the morning, but it is expensive so we went to Dunkin Donunts. I forgot the earplugs and didn't bother to stop at Walgreen's, Rite Aid, or CVS, and when I went to the indoor whirlpool and hottub, it was unrelaxing. There was a youth group there when I was there, and they were wild, jumping in the hotub, even fighting. So I left and took a relaxing hot bath.
  • Member Rating 2 out of 5 by 1229 on September 27, 2006

Courtyard By Marriott
2641 South Rd. Hyde Park, New York 12601
(845) 485-6514

Olive Garden

Restaurant

It is very formal. I had a pepperoni pizza with a Diet Coke, with they serve Coke products. There are stuff on the menu that can cost over $10, around $20. The music is nice and the food was good.
  • Member Rating 2 out of 5 by 1229 on September 27, 2006

Olive Garden
2044 South Rd. Hyde Park, New York
(845) 297-1787

Here, there is a visitor center, a garden with Franklin and Eleanor's gravesite, stables, a small museum about their pets, and a hiking trail that goes all the way down to the Hudson River. In the mansion, there is a 1930s/40s old RCA television set. I enjoyed my day there.
  • Member Rating 5 out of 5 by 1229 on September 27, 2006

Franklin Roosevelet National Historic Park
4097 Albany Post Rd. Hyde Park, New York 12538
(800) 337-8474

It is a museum that has Franklin's old 1930s Ford, stuff about World War II, World War II posters, the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelet as a child. Also is the books that Elanor Roosevelet wrote. There is even vending machines. I bought a Diet Pepsi and a Hershey's Snack Bar.
  • Member Rating 4 out of 5 by 1229 on September 27, 2006

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
4079 Albany Post Road Hyde Park, New York 12538
(845) 486-7770

The Gift Shop

Experience

There is a gift shop that has stuff on the Great Depession, World War II and more including video and DVDs. I just bought post cards here, but on Amazon.com, I bought a DVD from the History Channel on Franklin Roosevelet.

About the Writer

1229
1229
Lexington , Kentucky

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