This room pays testament to FDR's famous fireside chats and the impact of the New Deal, which created social security, worker's compensation, unemployment insurance, welfare, and fair labor standards. The room depicts sculptures representing people during the Great Depression like the poor Appalachian couple and the despair of the bread line. On the other side of the wall are the accomplishments of the New Deal. Representative of the war, visitors are greeted with a destructive presence, as giant granite blocks line their path. The room explodes in noise, as a chaotic waterfall rushes down.
Visitors realize a massive explosion caused the strewn boulders.
A quote on the wall adequately reflects FDR's feelings towards war. I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen the dead in the mud.