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President Roosevelt will be unable to attend the dedication of the Indiana State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-02
President Roosevelt gives a brief speech from the balcony of the Columbia Club near the Sailors and Soldiers Monument, which had been completed in May of that year. Roosevelt celebrates the material well-being he has seen in Indiana but praises more the spirit to do and honor great deeds. He honors the memory of Union veterans of the American Civil War, affirms the place of the United States as a world power, and encourages the crowd to embrace a gospel of hope. If Americans stand up to difficulty, do their duty at home and abroad, and dare to be great, the nation will be “the greatest upon which the sun has ever shone.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-09-23