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What we're seeing in this photo is the main welcoming wall which is behind the "FDR Roses". These were special roses created by the Netherlands for the occasion of the dedication. Princess Margriet had delivered one of the speeches for the ceremony, talking about their royal family had fled to Canada during the war and how FDR had been her godfather during it all. The roses were orange for the House of Orange (her family) and showed the close connection they had to FDR and the United States because of the war.
The girl with the roses was being photographed trying to smell them. They apparently didn't have any odor at all. To the left is the Washington Monument.
The roses were only there for the dedication. The wall stands unadorned now. |