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SUMMARY:"Sagamore Hill: Theodore Roosevelt's Summer White House"- Presented by Bill Bleyer
DESCRIPTION:"Sagamore Hill: Theodore Roosevelt's Summer White House:" A 
 PowerPoint lecture that covers how the Roosevelt family began to visit 
 Oyster Bay during the Civil War and Theodore Roosevelt built his dream 
 house at Sagamore Hill where he hosted political guests like Henry Cabot 
 Lodge and cultural luminaries like novelist Edith Wharton. Roosevelt spent 
 his final years happily at Sagamore Hill\, and after his death in 1919 the 
 house was preserved by his widow\, the Theodore Roosevelt Association and 
 eventually the National Park Service.\n\nPresented by: Bill Bleyer\, a 
 prizewinning staff writer for Newsday for 33 years specializing in history 
 and maritime issues before retiring in 2014 to write books and freelance 
 for the newspaper and magazines.\n\nHe has written seven books published by 
 the History Press: “The Roosevelts in New York City” (2025)\; The 
 Sinking of the Steamboat Lexington on Long Island Sound (2023)\; George 
 Washington’s Long Island Spy Ring: A History and Tour Guide (2021)\; Long 
 Island and the Sea: A Maritime History (2019)\; Fire Island Lighthouse: 
 Long Island’s Welcoming Beacon (2017)\; Sagamore Hill: Theodore 
 Roosevelt’s Summer White House (2016)\; and\, with co-author Harrison 
 Hunt\, Long Island and the Civil War (2015).\n\nHe has been featured on 
 C-Span and his work has been published in American Heritage\, in 
 Smithsonian magazine’s digital edition and in America’s Civil War\, 
 Naval History\, Sea History\, Lighthouse Digest\, Civil War News and other 
 publications.  Get more about Bill\, his books and lectures at his website: 
 billbleyer.com.
LOCATION:Community Room
ORGANIZER;CN="Adult Programs":MAILTO:adultprograms@bernardsvillelibrary.org
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CONTACT;CN="Adult Programs":MAILTO:adultprograms@bernardsvillelibrary.org
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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URL:https://events.bernardsvillelibrary.org/event/17332739
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