Variety Clubs International - Will Rogers - Claremore, OK, US
N 36° 19.243 W 095° 37.901
15S E 263751 N 4022736
Variety Clubs International honored Will Roger as world's most beloved showman and a great humanitarian.
Waymark Code: WMTN2Q
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 12/15/2016
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Under a portico on the south side of the Will Rogers Memorial Museum are several plaques commemorating him. This bronze plaque was dedicated to the memory of the world's most beloved showman, Will Rogers. He was honored on Rogers' birthday, Nov. 4, when Bob Hope dedicates a plaque to Rogers during the specially arranged weekly Hope show from the Will Rogers Memorial in Claremore, Okla. Presented by Variety Clubs International, the dedication was part of the show to be broad cast from the Will Rogers auditorium overlooking the Memorial and not far from Rogers' birthplace
Inscription Reads
VARIETY CLUBS
INTERNATIONAL
THE HEART OF SHOW BUSINESS
TO THE MEMORY OF
WILL ROGERS
THE WORLD'S MOST BELOVED SHOWMAN
A GREAT HUMANITARIAN
THIS POSTHUMOUS AWARD IS MADE BY
REPRESENTATIVES OF THIRTY THREE
VARIETY CLUBS AND THE INTERNATIONAL
OFFICERS ON NOVEMER 4 1947, AT
THE WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL
CLAREMORE, OKLAHOMA
JOHN H. HARRIS R.J. O'DONNELL
"BIG BOSS" INTERNATIONAL CHIEF BARKER
DEDICATED BY
BOY HOPE
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]
Location: Will Rogers Memorial Museum
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