The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself Traditional Cache

Access only available during park hours (9am-5pm). Attempting to access this cache after the park closes is illegally trespassing. A short stroll not far into the woodline.  This hide may not be what you are expecting to find here...Please pay close attention to the manner in which you open this container, as you will need to close it in the manner.

“Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself”: FDR’s First Inaugural Address

Franklin D. Roosevelt had campaigned against Herbert Hoover in the 1932 presidential election by saying as little as possible about what he might do if elected. Through even the closest working relationships, none of the president-elect’s most intimate associates felt they knew him well, with the exception perhaps of his wife, Eleanor. The affable, witty Roosevelt used his great personal charm to keep most people at a distance. In campaign speeches, he favored a buoyant, optimistic, gently paternal tone spiced with humor. But his first inaugural address took on an unusually solemn, religious quality. And for good reason—by 1933 the depression had reached its depth. Roosevelt’s first inaugural address outlined in broad terms how he hoped to govern and reminded Americans that the nation’s “common difficulties” concerned “only material things.”

Placed with permission of Park Manager.