On July 4, 1919, a mountain peak in the Black Hills is renamed and dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt. Located near Deadwood, South Dakota, in the region where Roosevelt hunted and ranched in the 1880s, Mount Roosevelt is dedicated by the Society of Black Hills Pioneers, of which Roosevelt had been an honorary member. Leonard Wood, a close friend of Roosevelt and principal speaker at the ceremony, and Captain Seth Bullock, Roosevelt’s neighbor in his ranching days, speak informally with crowd members. There are views of the speakers’ platform, with the following men speaking at various points in service: South Dakota Governor Peter Norbeck, Wood, and former South Dakota Representative to Congress, Eben W. Martin. Also identified on platform are Bullock, at whose suggestion the mountain is being renamed, and Roosevelt Memorial Association member, Hermann Hagedorn. There are long shots of Roosevelt Monument, a circular tower with a parapet. Wood is seen walking along the narrow ledge of the monument to reach the speakers’ platform, which is erected in front of the monument. A close shot of a bronze plaque set in the side of the monument, shows an inscription that reads “In Memory of Theodore Roosevelt, The American.”
Collection
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
Creation Date
1919-07-04
