Thread by @BeschlossDC

Here is President Franklin Roosevelt's hasty sketch that led to design of Bethesda Naval Hospital (now Walter Reed) in late 1930s—he liked the Nebraska State Capitol tower and mimicked it: @thereidout. @joyannreid

@thereidout @JoyAnnReid FDR also got personally involved in infrastructure project of National Airport DC (now Reagan), opened eighty years ago this year—he also watched the first plan (DC-3) officially landing on its runway:

@thereidout @JoyAnnReid FDR encouraged the idea of basing the design of main National Airport terminal (1941) on nearby Mount Vernon as a tribute to George Washington:

@thereidout @JoyAnnReid FDR was so personally engaged in his vast New Deal infrastructure program of 1930s that he helped to design individual post offices, such as this one in Wappingers Falls, in his beloved Dutchess County NY (now a village hall):

@thereidout @JoyAnnReid This post office mural was provided in 1930s by FDR’s New Deal WPA artists in Southington CT: #Jones