President Roosevelt special train, 1934

Mon Mar 29 13:09:16 EDT 2021

The purpose of the trip to Roanoke was the opening of the (then) new Veterans Administration Hospital in Salem.

   Ray Smoot

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> On Mar 29, 2021, at 9:36 AM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> This is a menu from a special train that operated during 1934:  https://www.ebay.com/itm/303936614106?_trksid=p11021.c100851.m5053&_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20170803121420%26meid%3Dfb5430ab64544b40a4ebd3cfdb1ee63d%26pid%3D100851%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D4%26mehot%3Dnone%26b%3D1%26sd%3D324543634885%26itm%3D303936614106%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D11021%26algv%3DDefaultOrganic&ul_noapp=true   If the link does not work, the eBay item number is 303936614106.
> 
> Is there information about how President Roosevelt traveled to Roanoke and the purpose of that trip, as well as the routing of the train from Roanoke to Williamsburg?
> 
> Best wishes for Spring,
> 
> Frank Scheer
> f_scheer at yahoo.com 
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