Will Rogers, Native Son - Claremore. PL
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This is a beautiful memorial to Will Rogers by the Cherokee Nation.
Waymark Code: WMNMJF
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 04/04/2015
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Born in nearby Ooologah, Will Rogers was one-quarter Cherokee. In memory of their honored Cherokee citizen, the Cherokee Nation presented this monument to him in November, 1946. It is located next to the entrance to the Will Rogers Memoral Museum in Claremore.
Recessed in the white stone wall, this arched granite monument is engraved:
WILL ROGERS
(Seal of the Cherokee Nation)
Quarter-blood Cherokee / Roll Number 11384"Live your life, so that whenever you lose you are ahead."
Will Rogers (Repeated on right in the Cherokee language)
We Honor the Memory of Oklahoma's
Beloved Son, a Modest, Unspoiled
Child of the Plains, Cowboy, Actor,
Humorist and World Traveler Whose
Homely Philosophy and Superior
Gifts Brought Laughter and Tears
To Prince and Commoner Alike. His
Aversion to Sham and Deceit, His
Love of Candor and Sincerity, Coupled
With Abounding Wit and Affable
Repartee, Won for Him Universal
Homage and an Appropriate Title,
"Ambassador of Good Will."
Presented by
THE CHEROKEE NATION
November 4th, 1946, the 67th
anniversary of his birth