After leaving Plains this past summer, Ashleigh, Bob, and I made our way to northwest Georgia to visit the Little White House in Warm Springs. This house was built for Franklin Roosevelt in 1932 after he had come to this town to experience the naturally warm flowing waters that were soothing to his polio-stricken body. He enjoyed it so much here that he often visited it as a retreat during his Presidency.
Historical marker outside the Little White House
It was here that President Roosevelt passed away on April 12, 1945. He was sitting for a portrait at the time when he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. He was carried into his bedroom and quietly passed away. Earlier that morning, he had spoken his final words “I have a terrific headache.”
The table and chair in which FDR was sitting when he was struck with the cerebral hemorrhage
The bedroom and bed – in which Franklin Roosevelt passed away
The unfinished portrait that was being painted when he died hangs in the Little White House museum today. The artist Elizabeth Shoumatiff later went back and re-created the portrait based on the unfinished portrait, sketches, and memory. This painting is on display there as well.
With the unfinished portrait
Ashleigh checks out the painting that was finished after his death
Bob makes some wise purchases in the gift shop
Following our visit to the Little White House, we headed for our hotel in Augusta and realized how big of a state Georgia really is. After stopping for some Cracker Barrel, it was after 9:00pm before we arrived at our hotel.
The excitement finally gets to Ashleigh as we make our way across Georgia
The Cracker Barrel follies
Bob is very excited to find his name on a bag of candy canes
Kicking back upon arrival in our suite
Ashleigh is apparently pumped to check out the color Honeymooners
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