Roosevelt Tablet, Good Will Farm, 1921
Contributed by L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes
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Newton Plummer, who had lived at Good Will as a boy from 1904-1906 and was a financial writer in New York, erected the monument to Theodore Roosevelt after the death of the former president in 1919.
Plummer obtained a stone from Roosevelt's estate at Sagamore Hill to be part of the monument. The monument was dedicated on Sept. 5, 1921.
It honors Roosevelt's role in promoting conservation.
Other Information
- Title: Roosevelt Tablet, Good Will Farm, 1921
- Creation Date: 1921
- Subject Date: 1921
- Town: Fairfield
- County: Somerset
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- Local Code: 2008.001.099
- Collection: Good Will Home Association
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes
Route 201, Hinckley, ME 04944
(207) 238-4250
http://www.gwh.org
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LC Subject Headings
Orphanages--Maine--Fairfield
Schools--Maine--Fairfield
Good Will-Hinckley (Hinckley, Me.)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Commemorations
United States. President (1901-1910 : Roosevelt)
Monuments & memorials
Plaques
People
Plummer, Newton
Roosevelt, Theodore
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