page_title: Oyster Bay History Walk
section_title: 8. Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park
hierarchical_section_title: Oyster Bay History Walk / Sites on the Walk / 8. Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park
caption_attribution_description: English: Theodore Roosevelt Monument Assemblage, Oyster Bay, New York
context_page_description: The Oyster Bay History Walk is a path through downtown Oyster Bay, New York that leads the walker to 30 historic sites. It is a 1-mile loop and is the first certified American Heart Association Start! Walking Path on Long Island.
context_section_description: The land Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park rests on was originally a salt marsh used for raising cattle. Theodore Roosevelt once said of the area of the future park, “I wish that we citizens of Oyster Bay could make here a breathing place for all people of this neighborhood, especially the less fortunate ones.” Only a few months after his death in 1919, the idea of making a park was agreed upon. Over the next six years land was acquired and work to build a park begun. A dedication ceremony was held in May 1928, attended by 5,000 people with a parade and a flyover by planes.
caption: Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park
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