President Roosevelt's Connection to Georgia

In 1921, Roosevelt developed polio. His friend, George Peabody, suggested for him to go to a place called Warm Springs, Georgia. There, he lived in an inn called the Meriwether where he swam in the pools to lift the burden and pains of the disease he had. Two years later, he bought the inn and the land surrounding it.

Around the time of World War II, Roosevelt returned to Warm Springs where he met with important people to continue his work.

Meriwether Inn