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Ceremonial happenings of the year at Youngs Memorial Cemetery

Ceremonial happenings of the year at Youngs Memorial Cemetery

Nicholas LaBella, the Superintendent of Youngs Memorial Cemetery, describes the organizations and groups that make pilgrimages and visits to Theodore Roosevelt’s grave during the course of a year. He notes that the Masons come in April and the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars in May. October, the month of Roosevelt’s birth, is the “busiest month for formal pilgrimages.” 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1978

Creator(s)

LaBella, Nicholas, 1934-2011

Notes……..

Notes……..

John A. Gable updates members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) on his work as Executive Director, giving presentations at New York area high schools and doing a radio interview with the founder of the Good Bears of the World organization. He notes awards given to TRA members, endorses Edmund Morris’s biography of Theodore Roosevelt, and highlights praise given to the TRA Public Speaking Contest. Gable also notes the annual Masonic pilgrimage to Roosevelt’s grave in Oyster Bay and closes by urging current TRA members to bring new members to the organization.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1979

Creator(s)

Gable, John A.

T.R. Masonic Pilgrimage

T.R. Masonic Pilgrimage

Description of the services surrounding a pilgrimage to the grave of Theodore Roosevelt by the Associated Masonic Clubs of the State of New York. The notice says that Roosevelt joined the Masons in April 1901. It lists those who presided over the services at a local Masonic Lodge and at a wreath laying at Youngs Memorial Cemetery in Oyster Bay.  

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1978

Creator(s)

Unknown