DEDICATION ELEANOR ROOSEVELT MONUMENT 72nd St & Riverside Park New York Booklet

BROCHURE DEDICATION ELEANOR ROOSEVELT MONUMENT Saturday, October 5, 1996 1 P.M. 72nd Street and Riverside Park CITY OF NEW YORK PARKS & RECREATION Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mayor Henry J. Stern, Commissioner ELEANOR ROOSEVELT MONUMENT FUND Franklin D. Roosevelt III Herbert Zohn 8 Pages ANNA ELEANOR ROOSEVELT 1884 - 1962 Born in New York City on October 11, 1884, she was orphaned at age ten and educated in England. She married Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1905 and bore six children between 1906 and 1916. She became a leader in New York State's Democratic Party in the 1920's and served actively for four years as wife of Governor Roosevelt. From 1933 to 1945 she greatly expanded the role of First Lady of the United States. She fought for the advancement of labor, mi-norities, the poor, women, and young people. She was appointed United States delegate to the United Nations by President Truman in 1946. As Chair of the United Nations' Commission on Human Rights, she led the successful effort that secured passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. She continued her work as teacher, writer, advocate, and humanitarian until her death on November 7, 1962. She is remembered as "First Lady of the World." Prelude Sherrie Maricle and DIVA (No Man's Band) Welcome Herbert Zohn Co-Chair Eleanor Roosevelt Monument Fund Flad Presentation Girl Scout Troop 3005 National Anthem Solo: Migratory V Audra McDonald Remarks Henry J. Stern Commissioner of Parks & Recreation Franklin D. Roosevelt IlI Ruth W. Messinger President of the Borough of Manhattan Ronnie M. Eldridge Member of the New York City Council Interlude Children's Aid Society Chorus Francisco J. Nuñez, Music Director Unveiling Remarks Rudolph W. Giuliani Mayor of the City of New York Keynote Address Hillary Rodham Clinton First Lady of the United States of America Postlude America the Beautiful Peter Bogyo, Coordinating Producer for the Eleanor Roosevelt Monument Fund Laura Kravets and Bern Gautier, Stage Managers Ray Schilke/Ins & Outs, Sound Consultant Special thanks to: Acker, Merrall & Condit Jessica Bass Sid Liebl Hely Lima Shirley Goldstein Party Time Division of Academy Chair Renting Co. Joseph Vieira Thanks to: GSD Productions, Inc. (sound equipment) Carroll Musical Instrument Rental Ms. McDonald's accompanist, Michael Dansicher Migratory V written by Adam Guettel Program design, Toby Allan Schust Photo: Eleanor Roosevelt, 1911. Courtesy of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL O beautiful for spacious skies For amber waves of grain For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain Americal America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea O beautiful for pilgrim feet Whose stern impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw Confirm thy soul in self control Thy liberty in law O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife Who more than self their country loved And mercy more than life America! America! May God thy gold refine Til all success be nobleness And ev'ry gain divine O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the vears Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea - Katharine Lee Bates, 1893