DIP INTO HISTORY: Warm Springs, GA

There are lots of ways to experience history but I can think of none more inviting than slipping into the silky mineral laden waters of the historic pools at Warm Springs, GA.

Franklin Roosevelt learned about these pools in 1927 and made history by turning them into a place of rehabilitation for individuals who had had polio.

A journalist interviewed him, the story went out across the wires, and before he knew what was happening a small contingent of "polios" had joined him for therapy. He shared his exercises with them, bought the dilapidated resort, and turned it into a place of therapy - a place to get a life back.

Ann Fay, the protagonist in Comfort found a new image of herself while at Warm Springs.

She didn't see the Little White House while she was there

 but you can. 

You will be able to visit the FDR Memorial Museum.

And maybe even meet Suzanne from Comfort or

 Marion Dunn, the former pushboy and bracemaker who remembers being dunked in the pool by FDR.

Or perhaps you'll meet FDR, himself.

Um, that is Robert Prater, FDR interpreter.

He might look more like this!

Don't you want to wade into history?

Dip into the Past 

this Labor Day Weekend or

Next Memorial Day!

Lots more to do while in the area.