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Sagamore
Hill National Historic Site
. . .Cove Neck, Oyster Bay, NY
Located on the North Shore
of Long Island, Sagamore Hill was the beloved adult home of TR, his
wife Edith, and six children. The Old Orchard Museum has exhibits
and video programs. This beautiful property and an endowment for its
care were given to the American people by the Theodore Roosevelt Association.
It is now administered by the National Park Service.
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IN BRIEF
Sagamore Hill was the home of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President
of the United States, from 1886 until his death in 1919. From
1902 to 1908 his "Summer White House" was the focus of international
attention. Otherwise, it was the home of a most remarkable fellow.
Theodore
Roosevelt, a family-centered father of six, ended his workday
at 4 PM and played with his children. Often a man of contradiction,
he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and the Medal of Honor.
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Theodore loved a rocking chair on the veranda, whether at Sagamore Hill or out in the Badlands on his ranch. |
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He was
a diplomat, internationalist, naval historian and strategist,
a combat commander of volunteer cavalry regiment, and Assistant
Secretary of the Navy. As a noted historian, biographer, essayist,
editor, columnist, and critic, he wrote 36 books.
He was
a renowned ornithologist, an expert on and hunter of big-game
animals, but a also pioneering American conservationist. He
was a country squire, horseman, socialite and patron of the
arts. He reformed the federal civil service and New York City
police department, lost a race for New York City mayor, finished
second in a 1912 third party bid for president, arrested outlaws
as a North Dakota deputy sheriff, served as Governor of New
York and Vice-President of the United States.
Today,
Sagamore Hill is furnished as it was during his busy lifetime.
The Roosevelt
home is open Wednesday-Sunday until Memorial Day 2002.
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DESIGNATIONS
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site - Authorized July 25, 1962
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site - Established July 8, 1963
National Register of Historic Places - Listed October 15, 1966
National Historic Landmark - Not yet designated
Long
Island History of Sagamore Hill
More
on Sagamore Hill from the National Park Service!
For RESERVATIONS
only at the following OTHER national park sites, visit reservations.nps.gov
or call the telephone numbers listed below - note, participating
parks accept reservations at varying times during the year:
| Acadia National
Park |
Ft. Hunt Park |
Mt. Ranier
National Park |
| Assateague
Island National Park |
Glacier National
Park |
Rocky Mountain
National Park |
| Big South
Fork NRRA |
Grand Canyon
National Park |
Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites |
| Cape Hatteras
National Seashore |
Great Smoky
Mountains National Park |
Sequoia-Kings
Canyon National Park |
| Carlsbad Caverns
National Park |
Greenbelt
Park |
Shenandoah
National Park |
| Catoctin
Mountain Park |
Gulf
Islands National Seashore |
Sleeping
Bear Dunes National Lakeshore |
| Channel Islands
National Park |
Jewel Cave
National Monument |
Whiskeytown
(Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area) |
| Death Valley
National Park |
Joshua Tree
National Park |
Wind Cave
National Park |
| Everglades
National Park |
Katmai National
Park |
Zion National
Park
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| Frederick
Douglass National Historic Site |
Mammoth Cave
National Park |
Yosemite National Park
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