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How was President Franklin Roosevelt's personal life connected to the state of Georgia?

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He traveled there because of his illness.

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt traveled to Georgia because of his illness, polio. The town of Warm Springs, Georgia, acted as a "home away from home" for FDR. (His house was even nicknamed "the little White House.") The warm waters there eased the pain of his disease, and was a haven for all people who were stricken by the illness!

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He grew to love Georgia and its people, and they welcomed him as their adopted and in the earlier years, he spent his days exercising at the pools at the Warm Springs resort as he tried to rebuild his leg muscles from the debilitating effects of polio.
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