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PICNIC CORNERS

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Event
Location
842 Vankirk Road, Newfield, NY
Lat/Long
42.305736, -76.617428
Grant Recipient
Town of Newfield
Historic Marker

PICNIC CORNERS

Inscription

PICNIC CORNERS
FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT
THEODORE ROOSEVELT ATTENDED
A PICNIC HERE WITH THE
TOWNSPEOPLE OF NEWFIELD
ON OCTOBER 24, 1910
WILLLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2016

Former President Theodore Roosevelt was traveling in New York State campaigning for the Republican Party in the upcoming elections. During Roosevelt’s visit to Newfield on October 24, 1910, he gave a speech and then joined the townspeople at a picnic.