PEACE : Theodore Roosevelt - Boston, MA
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A statue honoring Nobel Peace Prize recipient President Theodore Roosevelt is located in the Library of the Massachusetts State House at 24 Beacon Street, Boston, MA.
Waymark Code: WMQ98B
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 01/14/2016
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A 31" by 23" by 16.5" bronze statue of President Theodore Roosevelt rests on a 4' high wooden podium. The statue was created by Gutzon Borglum in 1919 and cast at the Roman Bronze Works foundry.
The torso and head of Roosevelt is shown from the waist up. The rough surfaces sculpture depicts Roosevelt wearing a jacket and tie with only a hint of his characteristic glasses.
The sculpture is inscribed diagonally across the chest:
SMPIC(?) FROM MEMORY GUTZON 1919
A plaque on the front of the podium is inscribed:
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
(1858 - 1918)
26TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE RECIPIENT
ENVIRONMENTALIST
"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."
SCULPTED BY GUTZON BORGLUM (1867-1941)
1919
Among his many accomplishments, Theodore Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for his work in the negotiations, in 1905, that led to the Treaty of Portsmouth (New Hampshire) which ended the Russo-Japanese War. He kept the medal and the diploma but not the prize money. He eventually donated the money to World War I (The Great War) relief efforts. He also resolved a dispute with Mexico by resorting to arbitration as recommended by the peace movement.
The Massachusetts State House at 24 Beacon Street in Boston is open to the public Monday through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm. All visitors must enter through the General Hooker entrance.