The day's events will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tweed Roosevelt will be on hand to meet with visitors at the Fathers' Day family-style event. Activities begin with an outdoor barbecue from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., sponsored by BNC National Bank of Bismarck-Mandan and Cloverdale Foods of Mandan. There will also be performances by Steve Stark of Fargo, who portrays Theodore Roosevelt. Stark's performances will be at 1 and 3 p.m. in the Russell Reid Auditorium. Stark, who has performed as Theodore Roosevelt in 14 states, is the executive director of Bonanzaville USA, a pioneer-era village of more than 40 buildings in West Fargo.
All events are free and open to the public.
The appearance of Roosevelt's Medal of Honor at the North Dakota Heritage Center is one of several stops it is making in June and July in North Dakota, as part of a nationwide tour this year. We're a bank with strong North Dakota roots. Cloverdale Foods recently introduced a special premium beef frank with the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame to create more awareness of the western life experience. A special full color portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, featuring the Medal of Honor, will be on display at the showings of the medal. It was commissioned by Tweed Roosevelt and Mark Hamilton, owner of the Wild Things Gallery art stores in North Dakota, and painted by North Dakota artist Andy Knudson of Towner.