Runners carrying flag to Theodore Roosevelt’s grave and Theodore Roosevelt’s funeral
Subject(s): Death and burial of a person, Funeral rites and ceremonies, March, Peyton Conway, 1864-1955, Marshall, Thomas R. (Thomas Riley), 1854-1925, Memorial rites and ceremonies, New York (State)--Oyster Bay, Roosevelt, Archibald B. (Archibald Bulloch), 1894-1979, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930, Talmadge, George E., 1866-1944
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The first part of the film is from October 27, 1919, when the Roosevelt memorial flag, which has been carried across New York State in Theodore Roosevelt’s honor, is brought to rest at his grave in Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, New York. Shots from different angles of the memorial flag as it is borne by young men up the steep pathway to the grave site. Five girls sew the 48th and final star on flag at what is probably Cove School in Oyster Bay with group of children and Boy Scouts visible in background. Final view is of children and adults on cemetery grounds.
The second part of the film contains views of Theodore Roosevelt’s funeral on January 8, 1919. New York City mounted police lead the funeral procession past crowds lining snow-covered roads. Roosevelt’s casket is borne from the entrance of Christ Episcopal Church with a flag-bearer behind, and Reverend George E. Talmadge visible beside the hearse. William H. Taft is seen with others at the cemetery grounds and the casket is carried up the path, followed by Archibald Roosevelt in uniform and other family members. The film closes with a shot of Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall, official U.S. Government representative at the funeral, and General Peyton Conway March, Army Chief of Staff, at what appears to be a train station followed by a shot of Taft, assisted by an unidentified man, walking down hill after ceremony at the grave site.
Collection
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
Creation Date
1919
Creator(s)
Period
Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)
Record Type
Video
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
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Chicago:
Runners carrying flag to Theodore Roosevelt’s grave and Theodore Roosevelt’s funeral. [December 19, 2025]. Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292840. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Unknown. Runners carrying flag to Theodore Roosevelt’s grave and Theodore Roosevelt’s funeral. [19 Dec. 2025]. Video.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 19, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292840.
APA:
Unknown., [2025, December 19]. Runners carrying flag to Theodore Roosevelt’s grave and Theodore Roosevelt’s funeral.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292840.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-motion-picture-broadcasting-and-recorded-sound. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 19, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-motion-picture-broadcasting-and-recorded-sound.
APA:
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-motion-picture-broadcasting-and-recorded-sound.
