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ON THE AXIS OF THE MAIN APPROACH, STANDING OUT IN FIRM SILHOUETTE AGAINST THE 

 BACKGROUND OF THE BAY AND THE DISTANT HILLS OF CENTRE ISLAND^ SHOULD BE 

 A GREAT FLAG-POLE WITH A MONUMENTAL BASE 



VIII. 



THE EOOSEVELT MEMORIAL PARK AND PARKWAY 



Oyster Bay, on the north shore of Long Island, has become 

 an historical spot enshrined in the hearts of patriotic Ameri- 

 cans. Here, on Sagamore Hill, lived Theodore Roosevelt. Here, 

 on the shady hill overlooking the beautiful waters of Oyster 

 Bay and Long Island Sound, that great American rests for- 

 ever. 



Each week, towards Oyster Bay, thousands from near and 

 distant parts of the Empire State crowd the roads beyond the 



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