[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9253-9254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4563]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Announcement of a public meeting to receive testimony 
concerning planning for how and where in the Franklin Delano Roosevelt 
Memorial, Washington, D.C., permanent recognition of President 
Roosevelt's disability should be achieved.

DATES: March 9, 1998, 10:00 am.

ADDRESSES: National Capital Planning Commission, 801 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Third Floor, Washington, D.C.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John G. Parsons, Associate 
Superintendent, Stewardship and Partnerships, National Capital Region, 
at 202-619-7025. Written comments can be addressed to Mr. Parsons at 
National Park Service, National Capital Region, 1100 Ohio Drive, SW., 
Room 220, Washington, DC 20242. Comments must be received by March 27, 
1998.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Public Law 105-29, the Franklin 
D. Roosevelt Memorial Committee and the National Park Service will 
conduct a public meeting to receive testimony on an addition to the 
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial to recognize President Roosevelt's 
disability. On July 24, 1997, President William Clinton signed into law 
a Joint Resolution which directs the Secretary of the Interior to 
``plan for the design and construction of an addition of a permanent 
statue, bas-relief, or other similar structure to the [Franklin Delano 
Roosevelt Memorial] to provide recognition of the fact that President 
Roosevelt's leadership in the struggle by the United States for peace, 
well-being, and human dignity was provided while the president used a 
wheelchair.'' The National Park System Advisory Board established the 
Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Committee to help the Board advise the 
Secretary on achieving appropriate recognition. The Franklin D. 
Roosevelt Memorial Committee will make its recommendations to the full 
Board, which will then provide the advice the Secretary has requested.
    The Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Committee is chaired by Dr. 
Holly A. Robinson, Historian and Vice Chair of the National Park System 
Advisory Board. The other members of the Committee are: Hugh Gallagher, 
author of FDR's Splendid Deception and noted disability rights 
activist; Karl Komatsu, historic architect and board member of the 
National Trust for Historic Preservation; Laurie D. Olin, landscape 
architect and Adjunct Professor, University of Pennsylvania; Michael R. 
Deland, Vice Chairman of American Flywheel Systems, Inc., and Chairman 
of the Board of the National Organization on Disability; David Dillon, 
author, architecture critic and Loeb Fellow at Harvard University; and 
James Roosevelt, Jr., public policy leader and grandson of President 
Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt.
    The Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Committee has met on three 
occasions with the memorial designer, Mr. Lawrence Halprin, to become 
familiar with the memorial and his design philosophy. As a result of 
these deliberations toward integrating an addition into the highly 
acclaimed memorial design, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Committee 
and the National Park Service have determined that the next step in the 
planning process is to seek public opinion concerning the placement of 
an addition at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial which will 
recognize President Roosevelt's disability.
    The Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Committee and the National Park 
Service will conduct a public meeting on March 9, 1998, in the 
Commission Meeting Room at the National Capital Planning Commission, 
Third Floor, 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, D.C. beginning 
at 10:00 am.
    The intent of the meeting is to receive public testimony concerning 
how and where in the existing memorial recognition of President 
Roosevelt's disability should occur. Those who wish to register in 
advance to speak can do so by calling the Office of Stewardship and 
Partnerships of the National Capital Region of the National Park 
Service at 202-619-7025 until 4:00 on Friday, March 6, 1998. Those who 
register in advance will be called to testify at the meeting in the 
order of their registration. Those who register at the meeting will be 
called in turn in the order of their registration. Speakers are 
requested to limit their remarks to a 3-minute time period. Written 
testimony will be accepted at the meeting. For further information 
contact Mr. John G. Parsons, Associate Superintendent, Stewardship and 
Partnerships, National Capital Region, at 202-619-7025. Written 
comments can be addressed to Mr. Parsons at National Park Service, 
National Capital Region, 1100 Ohio Drive, SW., Room 220, Washington, DC 
20242. Comments must be received by March 27, 1998.

    Dated: February 17, 1998.
John G. Parsons,
Associate Superintendent, Stewardship and Partnerships, National 
Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 98-4563 Filed 2-23-98; 8:45 am]
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