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President Roosevelt can not attend the American Dramatists Club’s meeting honoring the late dramatist Howard Bronson, but sends a greeting to say that Bronson’s passing is a great loss.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-05
President Roosevelt believes the continued support of Uncle Remus’s magazine is the memorial Joel Chandler Harris would have wanted most. However, the memorial Mayor Joyner proposes also seems appropriate. While he cannot take an active role in raising such a memorial, Roosevelt will accept an honorary vice presidency on the memorial committee if offered.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-29
President Roosevelt hopes Admiral Dewey will attend the dedication of the monument to William McKinley in Buffalo, New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-15
President Roosevelt informs Charles Levescont Brine, the Rector of Christ Church, that while he cannot attend the service for the erection of the tablet commemorating the church services held after the Treaty of Portsmouth, he approves of it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-14
President Roosevelt congratulates John Julius Dargan and the city of Sumter on the dedication of the General Sumter Memorial Academy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-03
President Roosevelt wishes he could be present at the memorial meeting in honor of former President William H. McKinley. He thanks Harry A. Colman, president of the United States Historical Society, and his colleagues for the work they have done.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-28
Francis P. Joyce asks Theodore Roosevelt for support in establishing a Hamilton Fish Memorial Chapel at Fort Russell, Wyoming.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-11
D. J. Kennelly thanks Joseph Hodges Choate for his kindness in offering to bring the Louisbourg Memorial Fund to the attention of President Roosevelt and encloses the memorial committee’s circular to be presented to Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-17
Ambassador Choate thanks President Roosevelt for offering him the opportunity to remain as ambassador until Choate can personally dedicate his memorial window to John Harvard.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-10
Booker T. Washington asks permission to use President Roosevelt’s name on behalf of a committee to raise funds for a memorial to William H. Baldwin. Roosevelt’s permission will require no additional work or responsibility.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-09
Ambassador Choate expresses his gratitude after six years of service and submits his letter of resignation to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-12
Theodore Roosevelt asks his sister Anna to send memorials of their father to him.
1879-02-29
Photograph of an audience and horseback riders at the Scenic Loop Drive dedication at Wind Canyon in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1968-09-22
Photograph of the public and cars gathering at the Long X Bridge dedication, which spans the Little Missouri River, near the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1959-09-13
Photograph of the speakers platform with the public standing nearby at the Long X Bridge dedication near the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1959-09-13
Photograph of the Belfield American Legion honor guard at Flag Day celebration at the visitor center in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1964-06-14
Photograph of runners participating in the Badlands Cross Country Race passing the visitor center sign in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1965-10-02
Runners participate in the Badlands Cross Country Race on the Scenic Loop Drive near the interstate overpass in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1965-10-02
College-level runners participate in the Badlands Cross Country Race on the Scenic Loop Drive in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1965-10-02
General Nelson A. Miles tries to push over a monument that states “To the Army in the Philippines in Recognition of a Difficult Task, Well Done.”
General Nelson A. Miles was one of his generation’s most active and decorated soldiers who had not graduated from West Point. He was twice wounded and in the middle of important Civil War conflicts; he was a famous Indian fighter, leading Army troops after notable Indian warriors and tribes (and implicated in some brutalities), served in the Spanish-American War in Cuba and Puerto Rico. He managed to be, throughout his career, however, frequently in the midst of controversy.