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Ranger Program: FDR and the Polio Crisis

Location

Franklin Delano Roosevelt MemorialDC

Phone: 202-233-3520
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September 25, 2010 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm

How did sugar cubes change the history of polio? After 1921, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s struggles with polio led to the founding of the March of Dimes, and doctors Salk and Sabin’s research challenged ideas about effective vaccine use and eradicated polio in the U.S. Meet at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. Contact Marsha Barrett at 202-233-3520.

Fee: 
FREE

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