Thank you for your interest in our Homer Noble Farms Semiquincentennial Mural. If you’re wondering who the missing President is on the mural, please see below.
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States of America. Born 1858, died 1919. Roosevelt provided leadership when America experienced rapid economic growth as it entered the 20th Century. He was instrumental in negotiating the construction of the Panama Canal, linking the east and the west. He was known as the “trust buster” for his work to end large corporate monopolies and ensure the rights of the common working man. Borglum chose Roosevelt to represent the development of the United States.
“The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight – that he shall not be a mere passenger.” Theodore Roosevelt
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