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Editorial
June 7, 1919
The Laramie Republican
Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming
What is this article about?
An editorial calls for a practical nationwide memorial to Colonel Roosevelt, such as a national highway or sanitarium, rather than a traditional monument, to honor his legacy of national development like the Panama Canal and Reclamation Act.
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THE ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL
A nationwide movement is on for the building of a memorial to Colonel Roosevelt. Just what the form of that memorial will be has not been determined. The Republican hopes that it will assume a practical form: that it will not be a monument built of marble or bronze, but rather some great useful object for the benefit of the nation. If the money raised among the people of this nation could go into a national highway or a sanitarium or some other thing for the everlasting benefit of the entire people it would certainly be in accord with the wish of the man in whose honor it is to be constructed. Monuments of marble amount to little after all. The money expended does no one material good. The memory of a man can just as well be wrought into a useful institution as into something that is of no material benefit. Roosevelt was a man of action and stood for those things that aid in the building up of the nation. His name is everlastingly linked with the Panama canal and the reclamation act. It could well be tied for all time with some great soldier settlement colony or a highway of national scope. But whatever the form, let it be worthy of the great constructive statesman whose heart and soul were bound up in his love and adoration of America.
A nationwide movement is on for the building of a memorial to Colonel Roosevelt. Just what the form of that memorial will be has not been determined. The Republican hopes that it will assume a practical form: that it will not be a monument built of marble or bronze, but rather some great useful object for the benefit of the nation. If the money raised among the people of this nation could go into a national highway or a sanitarium or some other thing for the everlasting benefit of the entire people it would certainly be in accord with the wish of the man in whose honor it is to be constructed. Monuments of marble amount to little after all. The money expended does no one material good. The memory of a man can just as well be wrought into a useful institution as into something that is of no material benefit. Roosevelt was a man of action and stood for those things that aid in the building up of the nation. His name is everlastingly linked with the Panama canal and the reclamation act. It could well be tied for all time with some great soldier settlement colony or a highway of national scope. But whatever the form, let it be worthy of the great constructive statesman whose heart and soul were bound up in his love and adoration of America.
What sub-type of article is it?
Infrastructure
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
Roosevelt Memorial
National Highway
Sanitarium
Panama Canal
Reclamation Act
Practical Monument
What entities or persons were involved?
Colonel Roosevelt
Republican
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Practical Memorial To Colonel Roosevelt
Stance / Tone
Advocacy For Useful National Projects Over Traditional Monuments
Key Figures
Colonel Roosevelt
Republican
Key Arguments
Memorial Should Take A Practical Form Like A National Highway Or Sanitarium For Public Benefit
Traditional Marble Or Bronze Monuments Provide No Material Good
Roosevelt's Memory Better Honored Through Useful Institutions
Roosevelt Linked To Panama Canal And Reclamation Act
Memorial Should Tie To Great Soldier Settlement Colony Or National Highway