He commented: Rogers was famous for his use of language. . He was much more interested in cowboys and horses, and learned to rope and use a lariat. http://www.findagrave.com, Tags: 1928CherokeeEnglishNative AmericanScottishWelsh, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?GRid=2621&page=gr, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=894, http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Rogers-Family-Tree-10879, I thought he looks like a Sunflower American. Two memorial murals by Kent Twitchell were installed on the exterior of the fly loft. At this stage, Rogers's act was strictly physical, a silent display of daring riding and clever tricks with his lariat. Clem attended a local Baptist mission school and later would also attend the Cherokee Male Seminary in Tahlequah for a few semesters. "[20] Rogers branched into silent films too, for Samuel Goldwyn's company Goldwyn Pictures. Every week, from Memorial Day through Election Day, Rogers caricatured the farcical humors of grave campaign politics. [51], Rogers was portrayed by A.A. Trimble in cameos in both the 1936 film The Great Ziegfeld,[52] and the 1937 film You're a Sweetheart. [32] Many common people believed that World War I had resulted in extensive and largely senseless carnage, and they supported isolationism for the US. Both the birthplace and the museum are open to the public. Born William Penn Adair Rogers the youngest of eight in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory which would later be known as Oologah, Oklahoma to Mary America Scrimsher and Clem Rogers, a successful rancher. His articles reflected a fear that Europeans would go to war again. PhD dissertation, Wayne State U. He downplayed academic credentials, noting, "Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. Will Rogers was born on the Dog Iron Ranch in Indian Territory, near present-day Oologah, Oklahoma. Experts have studied the factors in the accident, and still disagree about it. After making a test flight in July, Post and Rogers left Lake Washington in Renton in the Lockheed Orion-Explorer in early August and then made several stops in Alaska. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com For genealogy within the most recent fifteen generations, STR markers help define paternal lineages. American cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, social commentator and motion picture actor, Born on November 04, 1879 He appeared in four films with his friend Stepin Fetchit (aka Lincoln T. Perry): David Harum (1934), Judge Priest (1934), Steamboat Round the Bend (1935) and The County Chairman (1935).[21]. He took a strong, highly popular stand in favor of aviation, including a military air force of the sort his flying buddy General Billy Mitchell advocated. On a trip to New York City, Rogers was at Madison Square Garden, on April 27, 1905, when a wild steer broke out of the arena and began to climb into the viewing stands. Ancestry Academy ; Gift Memberships ; Ancestry Lab ; Heritage Travel ; Provided in association with Find a Grave. Rogers' newspaper columns frequently emphasized the safety record, speed, and convenience of this means of transportation, and he helped shape public opinion on the subject.[37]. Father of Rep. William Vann Rogers, Jr. (D-CA); Mary Amelia Brooks; James Blake Rogers; Fred Stone Rogers; Private and 2 others; Mary Amelia Brooks and Private less It is also a common background for reporters and lawmakers, with staff often directing the media to be at the Will Rogers stakeout at a certain time. The Cooweescoowee district of the Cherokee nation was a ranchers paradise. Death record, obituary, funeral notice and information about the deceased person. For the next decade, Rogers estimated he worked for 50 weeks a year at the Roof and at the city's myriad vaudeville theaters. Ballyhoo: "I hope there is some sane people who will appreciate dignity and not showmanship in their choice for the presidency" (October 5). [3] His parents, Clement Vann Rogers (18391911) and Mary America Schrimsher (18381890), were both of mixed race and Cherokee ancestry, and identified as Cherokee. Rogers served as a goodwill ambassador to Mexico, and had a brief stint as mayor of Beverly Hills, a largely ceremonial position that allowed Rogers to joke about do-nothing politicians such as himself. Several schools have been named for him: Will Rogers Elementary School in Santa Monica, Will Rogers Elementary School in Ventura, middle schools in Long Beach and in Fair Oaks. Before they left Fairbanks, they signed and mailed a burgee, a distinguishing flag belonging to the South Coast Corinthian Yacht Club. Since that time, the Rogers ranch house has been open to the public as a historic site so visitors from all over the world can visit the birthplace of Will Rogers. Research genealogy for William Henry "Willie" Rogers of Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA, as well as other members of the Rogers family, on Ancestry. Results 1-20 of 83 View Record Name Birth Date Rank Death Date; Note: To get better results, add more information such as Birth Info, Death Info or Locationeven a guess will help. in Oologah, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), USA , United States, Died on August 15, 1935 Rogers's cowboy was an unfettered man free of institutional restraints, with no bureaucrats to order his life. The correct name is "Oologah", which is situated in the northeast corner of the state, approximately 25 miles/40 kilometers north-northeast of Tulsa. About. Edit Search New Search. Sallie was born in Georgia. Maintenant disponible sur AbeBooks.fr - Hardcover - Privately Printed - 1869 - Etat : Good - 1st Edition - bound in half leather with cloth boards, some light wear to the top and bottom edge of the spine, some fading to the boards, some pencil writing to two pages, 10 pages . Research genealogy for William Rogers of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, as well as other members of the Rogers family, on Ancestry. The man who never makes a mistake must get tired of doing nothing. To correct this, he brought in a wind-up alarm clock, and its on-air buzzing alerted him to begin wrapping up his comments. Wills other ancestry was English, with some Scottish and Welsh. He was killed in 1935 with pilot Wiley Post when their plane crashed in Alaska. However, things would fundamentally change by 1889 when the Missouri Pacific Railway would come through and bisect the Rogers Ranch in two. Research genealogy for Warren Earl Rogers of Wibarx Wibar, Montana, as well as other members of the Rogers family, on Ancestry. 53 on January 21, 1905 and received his degrees February 18, 1905, March 10 and 13, 1906. They crashed at Point Barrow, Alaska, on August 15, 1935. Genealogy profile for Will Rogers Will Rogers (deceased) - Genealogy Genealogy for Will Rogers (deceased) family tree on Geni, with over 240 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Young Clem Rogers had his eye on the sparsely-settled Cooweescoowee district as a site for a potential a ranch of his own. Page 116 text: " 1 Swing? He represented the "American Adam" with his independence and self-made record. Even in his youth, Clem was known as stern, independent, and hardworking. Near Vinita, Oklahoma, a statue of Rogers was installed at the service plaza that spans the interstate. With the new railroad splitting the ranch in two, by the 1890s, Clem Rogers changed his ranching operations. By 1918 he was starring in and producing movies in Hollywood. Many landmarks were named in Rogers' honor: Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, where a recent expansion and renovation included the installation of a statue of Rogers on horseback in front of the terminal. Ancestry Academy ; Gift Memberships ; . The Rogers ranch, which was once 60,000 acres, was reduced to about 140 acres, with Clem and Will Rogers allotments. The house in which he was born had been built in 1875 and was known as the "White House on the Verdigris River". He once declined a nomination for the governorship of Oklahoma, but served as the mayor of Beverly Hills. [12] Only three of his siblings, sisters Sallie Clementine, Maude Ethel, and May (Mary), survived into adulthood. It is a mixture of high-tech DNA analysis, high speed computer technology, and old fashioned family genealogy pioneered by some quirky collaborators who got into it as a hobby. In 1979, it issued a United States Postal Service 15-cent stamp of him as part of the "Performing Arts" series. Roach (1980) presents a sociological-psychological assessment of the relationship between Will and his father during the formative boyhood and teenage years. The rascals was just ready to stab him when we caught em. He was friends with every president starting with Theodore Roosevelt,[25] and he notably supported Republican Calvin Coolidge over John W. Davis in 1924. Born on November 9, 1925, on a ranch near Bushyhead in Rogers County, Oklahoma, Clem McSpadden became the sport of rodeo's unofficial number-one ambassador. There was more to the 60,000 acres than just cattle grazing, however. Between 1970 and 2000 Rogers was portrayed on stage by James Whitmore in the one-man show Will Rogers' U.S.A. For more information, click on: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=894___________________________________________________________________________. [10] They arrived in Argentina in May 1902, and spent five months trying to make it as ranch owners in the Pampas. Humorist, Actor, Author. "Claim Will Rogers Is Free To Insult Race Under Agreement". He also wrote frequently for the mass-circulation upscale magazine The Saturday Evening Post. March 04, 1915, d. November 13, 1996) Roy Clayton Thomason (son of Ivory E. (Ive) Thomason and Mellissa Jane Howard) was born March 04, 1915 in Harrison, Boone County, AR, and died November 13, 1996 in Coffeyville, Montgomery County, KS.He married . Research genealogy for Elizabeth Rogers of Camborne, Cornwall, England, as well as other members of the Rogers family, on Ancestry. In a break during Edmonton's 6-5 overtime win over the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday, young Oilers fan Aubrey shocked Rogers Place with her correct spelling of Puljujrvi, slowly working her way through each individual letter before spelling the Finnish forward's name to a tee. Rogers gave numerous after-dinner speeches, became a popular convention speaker, and gave dozens of benefits for victims of floods, droughts, or earthquakes. Rogers County, Oklahoma Genealogy United States Oklahoma Rogers County Guide to Rogers County, Oklahoma ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. It vied with Robert, John and William for popularity for several centuries. Specialties: Our providers and accomplished therapists adeptly manage ADHD, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, personality disorders, PTSD, anger management, addiction, martial discord or divorce, grief. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1971. His rope act led to success in the Ziegfeld Follies, which in turn led to the first of his many movie contracts. She died when Will was 11, and his father remarried less than two years after her death. His first sound film, They Had to See Paris (1929), gave him the chance to exercise his verbal wit. All 1970s results for Will Rogers. rcds.appendChild(rcel); Margret was the daughter of Alexander McSwain and Nancy/Nannie Fawling Downing; Nancys mother, Hannah/Hanna Fawling, was Cherokee. [47] A memorial is also located within the city of Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska. Hollywood discovered Rogers in 1918, as Samuel Goldwyn gave him the title role in Laughing Bill Hyde. He visited Mexico City, along with Charles Lindbergh, as a guest of U.S. On election day he declared victory and resigned (he did not actually receive any state electoral votes). 183 pp. Lark ROGERS was born on March 29, 1952 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, Verenigde Staten., they gave birth to 1 child. Masonic history: Will Rogers petitioned Claremont Lodge No. It's the fellow who knows when to quit that the audience wants more of.[15]. He always performed in front of a special jewelled curtains and had two of them. [2] As an entertainer and humorist, he traveled around the world three times, made 71 films (50 silent films and 21 "talkies"),[3] and wrote more than 4,000 nationally syndicated newspaper columns. Edit Search New Search. For a time, the Rogers family would remain with the Schrimsher family southwest of Tahlequah while Clem Rogers would begin to rebuild his herd. It will be arranged in three parts. The signed burgee is on display at South Coast Corinthian Yacht Club in Marina del Rey, California. Yes: "Joint debatein any joint you name" (August 9). Join the Cherokee Nation Wings Program for the Super Hero 5K beginning at 8 a.m. at the Redbird Smith Health Center in . Dedicated on June 6, 1939, before a crowd of more than 2,000people, the statue faces the floor entrance of the House of Representatives Chamber next to National Statuary Hall. })(); Ethnicity of Celebs | EthniCelebs.com 2023. I know that," Parton said of her late friend. Airplanes may land on our grass airstrip in the hay meadow west of the Rogers ranch house. In these years, Rogers increasingly expressed the views of the "common man" in America. July 28, 2010, Filmplay Journal photo of Will Rogers c. 1922, by Melbourne Spurr, Place of Birth: Oologah, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), Place of Death: Point Barrow, Alaska Territory, Ethnicity: Cherokee Native American, English, some Scottish and Welsh. Darn tootin': "Of all the bunk handed out during a campaign the biggest one of all is to try and compliment the knowledge of the voter" (September 21). Rogers was a Democrat but has historically been known as apolitical. [22] Going daily in 1926, his short column "Will Rogers Says" reached 40 million newspaper readers. I am a Democrat.". The family tomb is at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum, constructed in nearby Claremore on the site purchased by Rogers in 1911 for his retirement home. The name meant fame-spear. She died on November 8, 2017 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, Verenigde Staten. He joined the Ziegfield Follies in 1917, which showcased his lariat skills, but gradually evolved to include observations about life, the country, and the government. He wrote many of the title cards appearing in his films. He was born William Penn Adair Rogers, the youngest of eight children of Mary America Scrimsher and Clem Rogers, a successful rancher in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory which would later be known as. He also wrote a popular syndicated column and six books. Descendants of James R. Mitts Generation No. Inspirational, Funny, Worry. We encourage . Will Rogers. Web. We encourage you . Everything that was grown or raised on the Rogers ranch was somehow related to the production of beef. Four years later, when the Republican leadership attempted to remove the more conservative Curtis from the Hoover ticket, Rogers defended him, and took credit with keeping him on the ticket: "I saved my 'Injun' Charley Curtis for vice presidency. On November 4, 2019, Google celebrated his 140th birthday with a Google Doodle. Born John Rankin Rogers American politician who served as the third governor of Washington from 1897 to 1901 Born on September 04, 1838 in Brunswick, Maine , United States Died on December 26, 1901 in Washington , United States Born on September 04 41 Deceased on December 26 49 Family tree Report an error Rogers John 1746 - 1832 Potter Mary Jane [24] Since Rogers easily rambled from one subject to another, reacting to his studio audience, he often lost track of the half-hour time limit in his earliest broadcasts, and was cut off in mid-sentence. Although he supported Roosevelt's New Deal, he could just as easily joke about it: "Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago."[27]. [13], Will Rogers attended school in Indian Territory, at the Willie Halsel College at Vinita in 1895 and 1896, and then the Kemper Military School at Boonville over the 1897-1898 year. DA3116488 Fulltext: Jenkins, Ronald Scott. He discovered that audiences identified the cowboy as the archetypical Americandoubtless aided by Theodore Roosevelt's image as a cowboy. The surname of ROGERS was derived from the Old French name Rogier. Prohibition: "What's on your hip is bound to be on your mind" (July 26). Martin was born in Tennessee. The Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch is a historic site near Oologah, Oklahoma that, as the name says, was the birthplace home of famed cowboy humorist Will Rogers. [10] His mother was one quarter-Cherokee and born into the Paint Clan. Wrong username or password. In 1855, when he was sixteen, he was hired to help drive a herd of five-hundred longhorn steers from Indian Territory up to Kansas City, and Clem Rogers quit school for good. Karibaby's Space in Time:Information about Roy Clayton Thomason Home Page |Surname List |Index of Individuals | |Sources Roy Clayton Thomason (b. 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Contents 1 County Information 1.1 Description 1.2 County Courthouse 1.3 Rogers County, Oklahoma Record Dates A small monument at the Renton airport commemorates the starting point of the fatal 1935 Post-Rogers flight. He paid US$500 an acre, equal to $14,541 per acre today.[4]. His birthplace at Dog Iron Ranch near Oologah includes a 400-acre living history ranch that offers group tours. The New York Times syndicated his weekly newspaper column from 1922 to 1935. ''We spoiled the best Territory in the World to make a State,'' Rogers wrote. Research genealogy for Harley Vance Rogers, as well as other members of the Rogers family, on Ancestry. In 1926, the high-circulation weekly magazine The Saturday Evening Post financed a European tour for Rogers, in return for publication of his articles. A three-year contract with Goldwyn, at triple the Broadway salary, moved Rogers west. Series Lucille Mulhall and the Mulhall Wild West Show. It was an area with few settlers and vast, wide-open prairies of native-growing blue stem grass. 6 56. ADVERTISEMENT BY ANCESTRY.COM Find records of Will Rogers Birth records Marriage records Divorce records Death records Find records of Will Rogers Similar Rogers names Rogers biographies alphabetically beginning with Wilester and ending with Wofford Rogers Similar Rogers names Wilester Rogers Wiley Rogers Wilferd Rogers (Born c. 1918) One of America's brightest media stars during the 1920s and '30s, Will Rogers did rope tricks while making pointed -- and humorous -- political observations. In December of 1898, he would put his young son, Will Rogers, in charge of the old Rogers Ranch. American humorist and entertainer (18791935). He built the rest of his career around that skill. Most experts now believe that a combination of miscalculations in the design and operation of the heavily customized aircraft resulted in the uncontrollable spin that occurred right after takeoff. Will Rogers was an American cowboy, stage and film actor, vaudeville performer, humorist, newspaper columnist, and social commentator. With his voice becoming increasingly familiar to audiences, Rogers essentially played himself in each film, without film makeup, managing to ad-lib and sometimes work in his familiar commentaries on politics. Rogers began a weekly column, titled "Slipping the Lariat Over", at the end of 1922. His most unusual role may have been in the first talking version of Mark Twain's novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. It was more than 60,000 acres, with an eastern border of the Verdigris River and the western border of the Caney River. Learn how your comment data is processed. Will Rogers - Ancestry.com All Public Member Trees results for Will Rogers 1-20 of 1,018,015 To get better results, add more information such as Birth Info, Death Info and Location even a guess will help. Surnames originating in this way are known as territorial. . A 1922 editorial in The New York Times said that "Will Rogers in the Follies is carrying on the tradition of Aristophanes, and not unworthily. During the late 1870s and 1880s, the Rogers ranch devoted three hundred acres to the production of corn and oats, and more than one hundred acres to hay. [41], Before his death, the state of Oklahoma commissioned a statue of Rogers, to be displayed as one of the two it has in the National Statuary Hall Collection of the United States Capitol. Ancestry-Hauptmen berspringen Hauptmen . He was named for the Cherokee leader Col. William Penn Adair. All I know is what I read in the papers." Will Rogers. Outline Descent Trees ( 7 families in 5 apparently unrelated family groups separated here by dashed lines .) The first people in Scotland to acquire fixed surnames were the nobles and great landowners, who called themselves, or were called by others, after the lands they possessed. Even in his youth, Clem was known as stern, independent, and hardworking. Powered by - Designed with theHueman theme, muricansRallmutts los espaoles de norte Espaa sois la raza mas nordica de todo el mundoooo, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com. He went to Hollywood in 1918 and appeared in such films as 'Laughing Bill Hyde' (1918), 'The Ropin' Fool' (1921), 'They Had to See Paris' (1929) and 'State Fair' (1934). Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, Ok, Aug 15 1935 - Plane Crash 8 Mi. This was, however, the end of the Rogers ranch as it once was. Some people were disenchanted by, and alienated from, the outside world. He was married to Betty Blake, with whom he had four children, including Will Rogers, Jr. (William Vann Rogers), a Democratic Party politician, who was a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California, from January 3, 1943 to May 23, 1944; and actor Jimmy Rogers. It was he who gave me the idea for my original stage act with my pony. And, this white, Greek-revival style ranch house was the center of the Rogers family life. The name of "Roy Rogers" was coined by studio executives at Republic Pictures Inc. in the late 1930s. This memorial was dedicated on February 16, 1950, by Rogers' longtime friend, Amon G. Carter. He continued using the eastern section of his ranch for beef cattle, but slowly started switching breeds, going from Texas Longhorns, to Durham Shorthorns, to Herford. Wiley Post, a famous aviator at the time, was a great friend of Will's who shared his love of flying. What of ugly campaign rumors? His father, Robert Rogers, who was an early settler to Indian Territory, had died in 1840, leaving Clem and his mother, Sally Vann, to care for their small family farm. Asked what issues would motivate voters? He would later star in wild west shows and vaudeville around the world on the strengths learned on his father's ranch. Will Rogers (William Penn Adair Rogers), one of America's beloved humorists and Oklahoma's dearest native son, was born November 4, 1879, in Indian Territory near Oologah. Rogers was the youngest of eight children. With a countrified accent, Will Rogers (Above: (detail) by Walter K. Kinstler, c. 1923) attempted to link arms with ordinary Americans, always reminding them of his Native American ancestry. the Thing . His birthplace of the Dog Iron Ranch is located two miles east of Oologah, Oklahoma. He reasoned that for the moment, American needs could best be served by concentrating on domestic questions and avoiding foreign entanglements. His father, Clement, was a leader in the Cherokee Nation. Confronting Racism Career Fair Employer Rogers We're a proud Canadian company with a rich family history and we believe in making an impact from coast to coast to coast. Throughout his career, Rogers was a link to a better, more comprehensible past.[33]. Choose from the 42 yearbooks available for Will Rogers High School below to start exploring the extensive Yearbooks collection on Ancestry. Research genealogy for William Rogers Kruesi of Washington, as well as other members of the Kruesi family, on Ancestry. [55], James Whitmore portrayed Rogers in eight runs of the one-man play Will Rogers' USA between 1970 and 2000, including a limited run on Broadway in 1974, and as a television film in 1972. His run at the New Amsterdam ran into 1916, and Rogers's growing popularity led to an engagement on the more famous Ziegfeld Follies. Rogers symbolized the self-made man, the common man, who believed in America, in progress, and in the American Dream of upward mobility. Sources: Genealogies of Will Rogers http://www.geni.com Suche bearbeiten Neue Suche. Results 1-20 of 7,618 Member Photo Photo Info Description Attached To; To get better results, add more information such as Birth Info, Death Info or Locationeven a guess will help. Rogers is still famous for saying "I only know what I read in the newspaper" and "I never met a man I didn't like." Thirteen public schools in Oklahoma have been named for Rogers, including Will Rogers High School in Tulsa. The personality clash increased after his mother's death when the boy was eleven. Half brother of John Rogers, Google Doodle November 4, 2019 https://g.co/doodle/jxjkq. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com Early registers teem with the name and many persons bearing it are recorded as tenants in Domesday Book. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. A casting of the Davidson sculpture that stands in National Statuary Hall, paid for by Davidson, was installed at the museum. What about a candidate's image? When he came back to the United States and worked in Wild West shows, he slowly began adding the occasional spoken ad lib, such as "Swingin' a rope's all right if your neck ain't in it." As a boy, he was taught the lariat by a former slave and became an expert rider and roper. "[26], In 1932 Rogers supported Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was his favorite president and politician. Images. Mary became a Broadway actress, and James "Jim" was a newspaperman and rancher; Fred died of diphtheria at age two. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. James M. Smallwood, "Will Rogers of Oklahoma: Spokesman for the 'Common Man'". Peter C. Rollins, "Will Rogers: Symbolic Man, Journalist, and Film Image". Born the son of actor Will Rogers, he graduated from Stanford University in 1935 and was owner-publisher of the Beverly Hills Citizen, California (1935-53). It is often claimed he took a job breaking in horses for the British Army, but the Boer War had ended three months earlier. He was a good student and an avid reader of The New York Times, but he dropped out of school after the 10th grade. Birth Name: William Penn Adair Rogers Date of Birth: November 4, 1879 Place of Birth: Oologah, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) Date of Death: August 15, 1935 Place of Death: Point Barrow, Alaska Territory Ethnicity: Cherokee Native American, English, some Scottish and Welsh From 1929 to 1935, he made radio broadcasts for the Gulf Oil Company. At Rogers, you're connecting Canadians to what matters most. THOMAS ROGERS ORIGIN: Leiden, Holland MIGRATION: 1620 in Mayflower FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth ESTATE: In the 1623 Plymouth land division Joseph Rogers was granted two acres as a passenger on the Mayflower, for himself and his deceased father [PCR 12:4]. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); (function() { Call Us: 1-918-341-0719 / email - jennifer.poe@history.ok.gov, Memorial Museum - 1720 W. 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