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President Roosevelt writes a note to be enclosed in the cornerstone of a monument to the soldiers of the Civil War.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-26
Responding to Henry G. Thomas’s request, President Roosevelt encloses a note to be enclosed in the cornerstone of the Soldiers’ Memorial in Stowe, Vermont.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-26
President Roosevelt is glad to hear of the monument to William Shipp, who was killed during the Spanish-American War. Roosevelt is also touched that Margaret Shipp’s boy named his “best guinea pig” after the President.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-31
President Roosevelt regrets that he will be unable to attend the unveiling of the memorial tablet in honor of the Onondaga County soldiers and sailors of the Revolution.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-29
President Roosevelt will be unable to attend the dedication of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Monument in Riverside Park.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-28
The Roosevelts enjoyed the visit of the French delegation on the occasion of the unveiling of the statue of Marshal Rochambeau.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-24
President Roosevelt is delighted with E. Jean Delahaye’s painting proofs of the Rough Riders’ famous charge. Roosevelt is currently engaged with the French visitors of the Rochambeau committee who will be unveiling a monument to the French soldiers that fought during the American Revolution.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-22
The 23rd Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona appropriated funding to make a Rough Rider monument to Captain O’Neill in Prescott, and Governor Joseph H. Kibbey has appointed a commission to oversee the erection of the monument. The commission will raise additional money by subscription, and Richard E. Sloan, who is secretary of the appointed commission, asks President Roosevelt for any suggestions to help them carry out their purpose.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-04
Sheet music for “Over Here,” a tribute to those that lost their lives during the First World War. The cover features an “Honor Roll” monument with a man pointing to “Roosevelt, Q,” for Quentin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s son that was killed when his plane was shot down in July 1918.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1918
Sam writes to his sister, Mary Hall, about the upcoming nuptials of their sister. He invites Mary to visit. On the front of the postcard is the Rough Rider monument in Prescott, Arizona.
1909-01-28
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
Hippolyte Conry is writing an ode to the friendship between the United States and France on the occasion of the inauguration of a monument to Rochambeau in Washington, D.C.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-24
General Brugère sends to President Roosevelt the address given by the general at the inauguration of the monument to Rochambeau.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-24
Carl Frederick Rosecrans thanks President Roosevelt for attending a ceremony in honor of his father and allowing veterans employed by the government to have the day off work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-19
James Edward Kelly has just received the commission for a statue of General Porter to be erected in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He also encloses a bill for bronze casting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-18
Henry G. Thomas asks President Roosevelt for a contribution to be deposited with other “articles which will be of interest to future generations” in the cornerstone of a soldier’s memorial currently under construction (Stowe, VT). The monument appears to honor soldiers from the American Civil War and Roosevelt is promised that any articles he deposits will not be read for many years to come.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-10
Henry G. Thomas asks President Roosevelt for a contribution to be deposited with other “articles which will be of interest to future generations” in the cornerstone of a soldier’s memorial currently under construction (Stowe, Vermont). The monument will honor soldiers from the American Civil War, and Roosevelt is promised that any articles he deposits will not be read for many years to come.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-10