President Franklin Roosevelt on West Summerland Key.

TODAY IN KEY WEST HISTORY / February 18, 1939

1939 President Franklin Roosevelt arrived in Key West at 3 p.m. after driving the Over-Seas Highway from Miami. He was met at West Summerland Key by Key West Mayor Willard Albury who rode to the city with him. The President inspect the inactive Naval Station facilities and then boarded the USS Houston which then sailed for the Caribbean to take part in war games in progress.

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