Where: Grosvenor
Square
What: The
roosevelt memorial is in grosvenor square in the heart of mayfair,
also home to the american embassy. During the second world
war
(before the embassy was built)
the area was a HQ for senior american officials.
There are
many references and memorials to americans who died in war, as
well as other famous americans, dotted throughout the square,
but the main memorial (in addition to the new 9/11 memorial)
is the roosevelt memorial, in honour of Franklin D Roosevelt,
the 32nd
President
of the
USA.
This is Britain’s
personal memorial to president Roosevelt, built
by the sculptor Sir William Reid Dick after
the Second World War. It was funded by 160,000 contributions
of five shillings each; these contributions were raised
in less than
6
days.
Nearest
underground station: Bond
Street
London
Hotels (these links are to another website)