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Roosevelt Attends Lawton Monument Unveiling in Indianapolis
President Roosevelt and Vice President Fairbanks attended the unveiling of Major General Henry W. Lawton’s statue in Indianapolis after arriving from Canton. The ceremony featured Gov. Hanly, Senators Beveridge and Hemenway, and James Whitcomb Riley, with a large crowd along Meridian Street and at Monument Place. The monument, by Daniel Chester French, stands at the Marion County courthouse grounds, nine feet tall on a six foot pedestal, cast in Paris after modeling in New York.
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Indianapolis
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
McKinley
Canton
Henry W. Lawton
Cleveland
Beveridge
Hemenway
Overstreet
North Meridian Street
Hanly
Loeb
Meridian Street
Monument Place
University Square
St. Clair Park
Thirtieth Indiana
Lawton
McGregor
Indiana Association of County
Court House
Washington Street
Court House Square
Alabama Street
United States
Indiana National Guard
J. Frank Hanly
Seventh Regiment
General Lawton
James Whitcomb Riley
Hoosevelt
Frances Lawton
D. R. Lucas
National
Sax, Mateo
Luzon
Lawton Monument Commission
Philippines
Commercial Club
Board of Trade
Daniel Chester French
New York
Andrew O’conner
Paris
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