Almost time to come home, and time for one last visit - to the home and presidential library of Franklin D Roosevelt. What a fascinating day! I could have spent twice as long looking around the Library and then another week researching FDR's life. One fact especially remains with me: A little known assasination attempt a few days before his inauguration. Chicago's mayor, with whom FDR was shaking hands, was killed. One is left to speculate about the possible consquences upon the history of the 20th Century..............?
Parallels between 1933 and 2009 are very marked. The economy was shot and the banks were in crisis. A crisis which deepened between FDR's election and his innaugeration. Barack Obama must have spent many an hour studying the programme of FDR and it's as interesting to see the things that Obama is NOT doing as to look at the ways in which he is following in the footsteps of his predecessor.
Picture shows the tourist photo of Kathryn , our daughter together with Nicole and parents in law.
