Franklin D. Roosevelt had many Christmas traditions he took part in with his family and White House staff ... At this time, he began to plant trees on his land, which he continued for 34 years ...

Accompanying them was Catherine Roosevelt, a student at Millikin University, whose many-greats-grandfather was Franklin Delano ... students about living trees and about family trees, she asked ...

This is Hyde Park, N.Y., home of Franklin Delano Roosevelt where the spirit ... and continued to display and light them on the family Christmas tree long after the mansion was electrified.

Roosevelt's father, James, died when Franklin was 19 ... bob from artificial trees. Gaily wrapped gifts are on every chair, as they were when the Roosevelt family occupied Springwood.

President Franklin Roosevelt ... been documented on findagrave.com. Your family’s sad memories, like mine, are a way of tracking your family tree; they also share details of how your family ...

The Roosevelt's did celebrate Christmas with many popular traditions like gift exchanges, attending church service and enjoying a lovely meal as a family, but chose not to put up a tree ...

Author and local historian A.J. Schenkman explores Roosevelt’s love of trees and passion for conservation in his first children’s book, “Franklin’s Trees,” which was illustrated by ...