Commemorations of Quentin Roosevelt and USAS
On July 14, 2008 on the 90th anniversary of Quentin's death, the villages of Saints, Mauperthuis and Touquin held a commemoration of Quentin Roosevelt. Roosevelt was billeted in the village of Mauperthuis and based in Saints at the time of his death.
On Sainte-Marie-à-Py the Aux Morts des Armées de Champagne monument made in 1923 by Maxime Real del Sarte sculptor.
On June 28, 2009, on the 90th anniversary of the departure of the USAS from Issoudun, Issoudun held a ceremony in honor of the American aviators and also included Quentin Roosevelt's name on the new plaque.
The community of Quentin, Pennsylvania, in Lebanon County, was named for Quentin Roosevelt.
In 1945, Avenue Q in Brooklyn, NY was renamed Quentin Road in honor of Quentin Roosevelt.
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Famous quotes containing the words quentin and/or roosevelt:
“Let’s go somewhere where we can be alone. Ah, there doesn’t seem to be anyone on this couch.”
—Irving Brecher, U.S. screenwriter, and Edward Buzzell. S. Quentin Quale (Groucho Marx)
“It took six weeks of debate in the Senate to get the Arms Embargo Law repealed—and we face other delays during the present session because most of the Members of the Congress are thinking in terms of next Autumn’s election. However, that is one of the prices that we who live in democracies have to pay. It is, however, worth paying, if all of us can avoid the type of government under which the unfortunate population of Germany and Russia must exist.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)