Contributed by L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes
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Description
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.
About This Item
- Title: Roosevelt Tablet, Good Will Farm, 1921
- Creation Date: 1921
- Subject Date: 1921
- Location: Fairfield, Somerset County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: 2008.001.099
- Collection: Good Will Home Association collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Commemorations
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- Schools--Maine--Fairfield
- Orphanages--Maine--Fairfield
- United States. President (1901-1910 : Roosevelt)
- Monuments & memorials
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L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley HomesRoute 201, Hinckley, ME 04944
(207) 238-4250
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