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President Roosevelt informs Senator Dick that he will be unable to stop in Akron due to other engagements he has scheduled in Indianapolis and Lansing.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-22
Frederick Funston apologizes to Secretary of War Taft for his “sloppy” Memorial Day order, and promises to revoke the order before the next Memorial Day. Funston thanks President Roosevelt and Taft for bringing the matter to his attention in an unofficial way.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-08
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit about the funeral of former President McKinley’s widow Ida McKinley. He then describes his trip on the train out west as he passed through Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Michigan. Roosevelt closes by saying he needs to talk to Kermit about his hunting trip.
1907-06-01
President Roosevelt awaits Kermit’s decision whether to stay at Groton School for his final year. Roosevelt, Edith, and Ethel sailed down to Hampton Roads for Decoration Day. Roosevelt gave a speech at Hampton Institute. Roosevelt also mentions riding the new horse and the slow pace of Congress, and urges Kermit to read Thomas Carlyle.
1906-06-04
Rene Brierre writes to Edith Roosevelt regarding tomb of Quentin Roosevelt, Memorial Day, American Legion etc. Calling card included, references Brierre as delegate to American Legion.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1946-06-20
Mrs. Porter and Mrs. Delaney have just attended a Memorial Day service held by a group of French children at Quentin Roosevelt’s grave. The grave was covered with flowers, and the women added some poppies from a nearby field. They offer their sympathies to Mrs. Roosevelt on her loss. Front of postcard bears a photograph of the grave site.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1919
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Henry Charles Goldsmith that Roosevelt does not have a copy of the speech he delivered at Newark, New Jersey, on Decoration Day, and therefore he cannot send him one.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-05
The secretary of Theodore Roosevelt informs Olaf Gates that Roosevelt cannot receive Gates’ party at Oyster Bay because he will not be home. On Decoration Day, Roosevelt is scheduled to speak in Newark and at Grant’s Tomb.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-26
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells Ralph Emerson Lum that there are no people whom Roosevelt would particularly like to be at the unveiling of the Lincoln Monument on Memorial Day. Roosevelt will leave the distribution of the invitations entirely up to Lum. Roosevelt’s secretary also thanks Lum for sending the clipping from the Sunday Call.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-25
Theodore Roosevelt will be in Newark for the Memorial Day celebration. Edith Roosevelt would be pleased by the actions of the Essex Troop, but she will not be able to attend.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-18
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Dr. Brush that he need not worry about providing transportation for Theodore Roosevelt on Memorial Day. Roosevelt’s secretary has scheduled the commemorations in Newark to begin at eleven o’clock so that Roosevelt may reach Claremont at eleven forty-five. A car will be supplied in Newark to take Roosevelt to Claremont.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-01
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Elizabeth A. Monks that Roosevelt cannot answer her inquiry, as he does not yet know all the details about the arrangements made for him to visit Grant’s Tomb on Memorial Day. Roosevelt’s secretary is forwarding Monks’s letter to Dr. George W. Brush and suggests that she might want to communicate with him instead, as Brush knows all about the arrangements.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-24
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary requests a letter from Dr. Brush outlining the arrangements that have been made for Memorial Day. Roosevelt is scheduled to unveil a statue in Newark at one-thirty that day, and will afterwards attend the exercises at Grant’s Tomb starting at four o’clock.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-24
President Roosevelt tells Mary Lord Harrison that he visited Benjamin Harrison’s grave on Memorial Day and laid a wreath there. “He was my old chief,” Roosevelt says.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-24
President Roosevelt is pleased with Senator Knox’s letter. Some Grand Army veterans objected to Roosevelt discussing the railroad on Memorial Day.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-04
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit about the funeral of former President McKinley’s widow Ida McKinley. He then describes his trip on the train out west as he passed through Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Michigan. Roosevelt closes by saying he needs to talk to Kermit about his hunting trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-01
President Roosevelt will not attend the Memorial Day commemoration at Indianapolis unless the people who organized the statue of General Henry Ware Lawton and those representing the Grand Army of the Republic reconcile their differences. Roosevelt tells Vice President Fairbanks that the veterans of the Spanish-American War should give precedence to those of the Civil War, since the latter conflict was of “infinitely greater nature” than the former and they are much older. Fairbanks should not make this public, but “any celebration of Memorial Day must be primarily a Grand Army celebration.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-16
President Roosevelt expresses concern to Vice President Fairbanks about a squabble over the Memorial Day exercises in Indianapolis at which he is to speak. He urges Fairbanks to get all the parties together, to coordinate the dedication of the statue of General Henry Ware Lawton with the exercises, and to ensure that the men of the Grand Army of the Republic are given a prominent role.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-11
President Roosevelt accepts the invitation of Vice President Fairbanks to join him for Decoration Day.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-10
President Roosevelt is already scheduled to make a speech on Memorial Day of next year and must refuse Charles Smith’s invitation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-11