[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 715 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 715

  Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Sagamore Hill Historic Site.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2012

   Mr. King of New York (for himself, Mr. Israel, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. 
Hinchey, Mr. Turner of New York, Mr. Rangel, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, 
 and Mr. Bishop of New York) submitted the following resolution; which 
           was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Sagamore Hill Historic Site.

Whereas in 1870, Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., father of President Theodore 
        Roosevelt, established the family's summer residence at Cove Neck, 
        Oyster Bay, Long Island;
Whereas in 1885, President Theodore Roosevelt contracted with John A. Wood & 
        Son, Lawrence, Long Island, to build the home;
Whereas President Theodore Roosevelt named the estate Sagamore Hill, named for 
        the old Sagamore Mohannis, who, as Chief of his tribe, signed away his 
        rights to the land;
Whereas in 1887, 1889, and 1891, three children of President Theodore Roosevelt, 
        Theodore, Jr., Kermit, and Ethel, were born at Sagamore Hill;
Whereas in the summers of 1902 to 1909, Sagamore Hill served as the center of 
        day-to-day administration of the Nation's affairs;
Whereas in August 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt conferred with envoys of 
        warring Russia and Japan in the Sagamore Hill library, resulting in the 
        Treaty of Portsmouth which ended the conflict between the United States, 
        Russia, and Japan, and earned President Theodore Roosevelt the Nobel 
        Peace Prize;
Whereas on January 6, 1919, President Theodore Roosevelt died in his sleep at 
        the age of 60 at Sagamore Hill; and
Whereas the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace and Sagamore Hill National Historic 
        Sites, at Twenty-eight and Twenty-six East Twentieth Street, New York 
        City, and Cove Neck, Oyster Bay, Long Island, respectively, were 
        established on July 25, 1962: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives celebrates the 50th 
anniversary of the Sagamore Hill Historic Site.
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