Quentin Roosevelt Marker

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Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Quentin Roosevelt

By Bill Coughlin, July 7, 2006

1. Quentin Roosevelt Marker

Inscription. This stone is from the grave of
Quentin Roosevelt
Youngest son of
Theodore and Edith Kermit Roosevelt
who was killed in aerial combat in France
on July 14, 1918
and was buried where he fell near Chamery. His body was moved in 1955 to the Normandy American Cemetery at St. Laurent where it lies beside that of his brother, Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, who died in the Normandy Invasion in 1944.

Location. 40° 52.998′ N, 73° 30.125′ W. Marker is in Oyster Bay, New York, in Nassau County. Marker can be reached from Sagamore Hill Road, on the right when traveling east. Click for map. Marker is at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, in front of the main house. Marker is at or near this postal address: 20 Sagamore Hill Road, Oyster Bay NY 11771, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 4 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Old Greenwich Yacht Club (approx. 9.4 miles away in Connecticut); Old Greenwich (approx. 10.7 miles away in Connecticut); Sound Beach Railroad Station (approx. 10.9 miles away in Connecticut); Founders and Proprietors Monument (approx. 12.3 miles away in Connecticut).

Also see . . .
1. Quentin Roosevelt. TheodoreRoosevelt Association. (Submitted on May 27, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey.)

Quentin Roosevelt Gravestone Photo, Click for full size

By Bill Coughlin, July 7, 2006

2. Quentin Roosevelt Gravestone

The marker is located at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, in front of the main house.

2. Quentin Roosevelt, 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force. (Submitted on May 27, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey.)
3. The Roosevelt Children. Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, National Park Service. (Submitted on May 27, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey.)
4. Sagamore Hill National Historical Site. TheodoreRoosevelt Centennial. (Submitted on May 27, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey.)

Sagamore Hill Photo, Click for full size

By Bill Coughlin, July 7, 2006

3. Sagamore Hill

Sagamore Hill was the home of President Theodore Roosevelt. It was here where TR received word of his son Quentin's death. He later described the walk back up to the house as "the longest walk I ever took."