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Theodore Roosevelt Memorial
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| Artist: | Based on bust by James Earle Fraser |
| Dedicated: | 1925 |
| Location: | Seabreeze Ave, W.5th, W. 8th, Ocean Pkwy |
| Description: | Stele, 3 tablets |
| Materials: | Bronze, rough cut Deer Isle granite |
| Dimensions: | Plaque 1 H: 6 7/8" W: 16"; Plaque 2 H: 25" W: 17 1/8"; Plaque 3 H: 7" W: 14 1/2" |
| Donor: | United Spanish War Veterans and others |
Inscription
Plaque 1: PRESENTED TO THE PARK DEPARTMENT / BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN N.Y. / BY / DEPARTMENT OF N.Y. / UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS / 21ST. DEPARTMENT ENCAMPMENT JULY 6, 1924 / WILLIAM A. DAWKINS DEPARTMENT COMMANDER / HON. EDWARD T. O'LAUGHLIN COMMISSIONER / DEPARTMENT OF PARKS BROOKLYN N.Y. /PLAQUE 2: "AGGRESSIVE FIGHTING FOR / THE RIGHT IS THE NOBLEST / SPORT THE WORLD AFFORDS" / DEDICATED TO THE AMERICANISM OF / THEODORE ROOSEVELT / BY HIS COMRADES OF THE / UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS / DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK / THE METAL IN THIS TABLET WAS TAKEN FROM THE BATTLESHIP / MAINE, DESTROYED IN HAVANA HARBOR FEB 15. 1898 / THE OREGON, OLYMPIA, NEW YORK, AND / BROOKLYN, IT SPEAKS IN PEACE HIS DOCTRINE / WHICH THOSE GALLANT SHIPS THUNDERED IN WAR / ONE FLAG , ONE COUNTRY / THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / COMMITTEE / THOS F. GANNON DEPT. COMDR., CHAIRMAN -- COMDR. JAMES S. LONG / RT. REV. MONS. JOHN P. CHIDWICK DEPT. CHAPLAIN -- COMDR. BENJAMIN PEATE / WM. S. GOODWIN DEPT. ADJUTANT -- COMDR. CHARLES G. LAWRENCE / BERNARD J. PIERCE DEPT. QUARTERMASTER -- COMDR. PETER A. NEALIS / MAURICE SIMMONS PAST. COM. IN CHIEF -- COMDR. FRANCIS R. STODDARD JR. /
PLAQUE 3: ON THIS SITE WAS HELD THE / 21ST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT / UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS / DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK, JULY 6,7,8,9, 1924 / ENCAMPMENT COMMITTEE / CONEY ISLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE / EDWARD F. TILYOU, PRESIDENT / CAMPS AND AUXILIARIES OF BROOKLYN / CHARLES P. SHINN, CHAIRMAN / HARRIET E. PERINCHIEF, ASSISTING / WILLIAM A. DAWKINS, DEPARMENT COMMANDER /
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