Hail to POTUS 32 Day Trip

Spring has sprung! Let’s head north to go visit Hyde Park, NY, and visit the FDR Presidential Library and Museum. We’ll tour his family home Springwood, as well as tour Val-Kill, home of the legendary First Lady of the World, Eleanor Roosevelt. We will also visit his and Eleanor's gravesite to pay our respects to POTUS 32. He died April 12, 1945.

First stop on our day's agenda: The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum holds the records of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States (1933–1945). Located on the grounds of Springwood, the Roosevelt family estate in Hyde Park, New York, the library was built under the President's personal direction in 1939–1940, and dedicated on June 30, 1941. It is the first presidential library in the United States and one of the thirteen presidential libraries under the auspices of the National Archives and Records Administration.

You can read more about the Library --------> HERE and HERE

While we're at the Library, we'll also visit Springwood. This is the birthplace and home of FDR. It is the only place in the United States where a President was born, maintained a lifelong connection, and lies buried. FDR had a strong and abiding connection with Springwood throughout his life. The house is situated in a landscaped clearing on a bluff overlooking the Hudson River, is a large, rambling structure faced with stucco and fieldstone.

Read more about Springwood -------> HERE and HERE

We'll also visit Val-Kill, the home of Eleanor Roosevelt. It was the only place that she ever could call her own. In the large, comfortable “Val-Kill Cottage” preserved at the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, she could entertain whoever she wanted, stay up reading as late as she liked, and be alone if she chose. Here, in the tranquil and relaxed atmosphere of Val-Kill, Franklin and Eleanor also entertained friends, state visitors, the press, and their associates during his administration.

Read about Val-Kill ---------> HERE and HERE

Admission: The FDR Presidential Library and Museum and the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt (operated by the National Park Service) offer separate $10.00 adult admission tickets. Tickets for tours of the Home (NPS) and Val-Kill may be purchased onsite during normal business hours (9am to 5pm).

GETTING THERE: We'll meet at Grand Central Terminal to take the 7:57AM Metro-North to POUGHKEEPSIE. Be sure to sit on the left side of the train as it heads north to feast your eyes on some spectacular Hudson Valley sceneries

NOTE: You can also take the same train when it stops at any other stops outside of Grand Central. Just check mta.info for exact schedule from your departing station.

From Poughkeepsie Station, we'll share Uber to the FDR Presidential Library and Museum, about 4 miles away from Poughkeepsie Station.

ADD-ON: Urban Park Ranger guided tour of Springwood, FDR’s birthplace. Tour ticket can be purchased at the Presidential Museum, for $15 (credit or debit card ONLY; NO CASH). Tour lasts 40 mins

DURATION: We will be out for the entire day but you can leave on your own any time. We won't judge. Much.

At the end of the day we'll have optional dinner in Poughkeepsie

WEATHER: We go rain or shine as most of the day we'll be indoors!

LIABILITY WAIVER: come prepared. Participate at your own risks, hold no one liable, etc etc