President Roosevelt asked Helen if she would visit them. So Helen went and comforted these men in hospitals all over the country. "You can learn to read and to work again" After many years World War II finally ended.The year was 1945. Helen and Polly decided to go to Europe to help the blind there. One evening in Rome Polly told Helen some bad new. Their house in Connecticut had burned down! All of their belongings had been destroyed. said Helen. When Helen and Polly returned to Westport their Friends helped them build a new house. When they moved into it many large boxes arrived. There were lamps tables and other furniture.