One day in 1924, Eleanor and two close friends, Nancy Cook and Marion Dickerman, were at a picnic with FDR and two of their sons at nearby Fall Creek - a quiet spot on the Roosevelt's property about ...

On this Road Trip Close to Home, we're going to the Hyde Park home of one of the most influential women in history. The Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, also known as Val-Kill, was the home ...

HYDE PARK, N.Y. — A ceremony launching a new quarter honoring Eleanor Roosevelt will take place at the Culinary Institute of America’s Ecolab Auditorium during a special ceremony on Thursday, June 8, ...

HYDE PARK, N.Y. — On Saturday, Dec.10, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum and the Home of the FDR National Historic Site will host a full day of free holiday events. The ...

HYDE PARK, N.Y. — “In many ways, we live in a world shaped by the Roosevelts,” the guide at the home of Franklin D. Roosevelt told my tour group. The longest-serving first family in history, President ...

Like them or not, FDR and Eleanor, emblems of determination and optimism, have lessons for us today. A few weeks ago, I was driving back to Vermont on Sunday morning from New York after visiting four ...

Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and her teenage granddaughter, Nina Gibson, board a plan for a five-week tour of the Middle East. (Courtesy/SUNY Press) On rainy days at Val-Kill Cottage in Hyde ...