
What is recorded here
Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, lost a parent at eight and a marriage at thirty-one, yet he rode into danger and returned changed each time. The plaque on Carneal Road ties his blood to the Irvine family, who left Gleno during the Scotch-Irish emigration. That lineage turns a American presidency into a transatlantic inheritance, reminding viewers that presidential courage often arrives dressed as ordinary family memory.
This blue commemorative plaque records: Erected to the memory of Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, 26th President of The United States of America 1901-1909, Whose ancestors were reputed to have included the Irvine family who emigrated from the valley of Gleno in the great Scotch-Irish emigration to America Recorded plaque organisation: Ulster American Society of Larne, Larne Borough Council.
Theodore Roosevelt served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909, renowned for his progressive policies and robust foreign policy, including the construction of the Panama Canal.
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