Holiday Open House: Decorations, Children's Reading Festival, Cards for Sailors, Santa and Refreshments

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The annual Holiday Open House is on December 10, 2022 is from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Roosevelt Library and the Home of FDR National Historic Site. Both the Home and the Roosevelt Library study will be decorated for the holidays as they were during the Roosevelt presidency.

The annual Children's Reading Festival will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on December 10. Children's book authors will read from and sign copies of their books. Featured books will be available for purchase.

In addition, there will be live music, free photos with Santa, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., and children can make holiday cards for sailors on the USS FRANKLIN AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (www.ddg-roosevelt.navy.mil) beginning at Noon.

Refreshments in the visitor center will be served throughout the afternoon.

Admission is free to the Home and Library throughout the day. The Home will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; the Museum from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.