Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

That part of Bolling Field transferred to the control and jurisdiction of the Navy Department shall be vacated by the Army as soon as practicable.

Executive Order 7697—Interchange of Land Between the Army and the Navy at Bolling Field, District of Columbia

08/22/1937

More Franklin Roosevelt Quotes

We are going to look back on this period of service as something that I think and I hope we can all feel proud of.

I wish that I had duty a little nearer the front.

I want to congratulate you on a very necessary part of the war, on doing a task with true efficiency.

You are a symbol, this small group, of a great many thousands of officers and men of the Army who are guarding the Nation's Capital.