Bethesda History on the Web Walter Tuckerman Walter Tuckerman (1881-1961) was the most important civic leader in shaping early 20th-century Bethesda. In 1912, he purchased 183 acres of farmland which he developed into the Edgemoor neighborhood of downtown Bethesda. Tuckerman served as a founder and first president of the Bank of Bethesda in 1919, a pivotal […]
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FDR Dedicates NIH
President Franklin Roosevelt Dedicates the Opening of the National Institutes of Health in October 1940 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrVZblIYljo On October 31, 1940. President Roosevelt, standing on the portico in front of Building 1, speaks about the role of government in promoting and stimulating research into cancer and other diseases, and the work of the Public Health Service […]
Bethesda Memories drafts
Bethesda Memories President Franklin Roosevelt Designs the new Naval Hospital in Bethesda In December 1937, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sketched out on White House stationery his vision for a new naval hospital to be built in the Washington area. He based his design on the new Nebraska State Capitol building in Lincoln (below) that had […]
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