THEODORE ROOSEVELT IN BUFFALO, AND HIS EARLY PRESIDENCY

The two-part theme for the 103rd Annual Meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association is “Theodore Roosevelt in Buffalo, and His Early Presidency.” TR’s significant connections to Buffalo will be in evidence throughout the weekend, particularly in the presentations by Stanton Hudson, Lenora Henson, and Governor Kathy Hochul, herself a native of Buffalo, and in Sunday’s tour of the TR Inaugural Site. And the very eventful and impressively successful early period (through 1902) of TR’s presidency (which began in Buffalo on September 14, 1901) will be in focus in the presentations of William Tilchin and Michelle Krowl.

Join us for our weekend events

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Our weekend events start on Friday morning with a tour of the beautiful, nationally significant and historic Forest Lawn Cemetery. It is the first deliberately 269-acre landscaped green space in Western New York and is the final resting place for a US President and many American innovators.

Our morning wraps up with a wonderful lunch at the Terrace at Delaware Park restaurant, with attendees having the afternoon free.

We will then tour the Buffalo History Museum with curator Anthony Greco who will give a presentation on “Lights and Legacy: Buffalo’s Pan American Exposition”

The evening will be capped off with cocktails and dinner at the historic Buffalo Club where our guest speaker will be none other than President Theodore Roosevelt himself, portrayed by actor, TR historian, and longtime friend of the TRA, Joe Wiegand.