Celebrating our 30th Anniversary!
The Dr. John A. Gable Memorial Lecture Series
The Dr. John A. Gable Memorial Lecture Series, sponsored each year by The Friends of Sagamore Hill, honors the legacy of Dr. John A. Gable (pictured above) as long-time Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association and tireless advocate for both Theodore Roosevelt and his enduring presence on the American scene.
Most Lectures are held Thursday evenings @ 7:00 p.m.
Christ Church Parish Hall
61 East Main Street, Oyster Bay, NY
Lectures are free and open to the public. Light refreshments are served.
2023 In-Person Gable Lecture by Laurence Jurdem
The Friends of Sagamore Hill celebrated TR's Birthday
On Thursday, October 26, 2023, at 7:00 PM ET, approximately 40 attendees joined The Friends of Sagamore Hill in celebrating Theodore Roosevelt's birthday with an informative and entertaining presentation by Laurence Jurdem, discussing The Limits of Friendship;Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge in the White House, delivered at Christ Church Parish Hall in Oyster Bay, NY.
Evoking the political intrigue of the Gilded Age, The Rough Rider and the Professor chronicles the extraordinary thirty-five-year friendship between President Theodore Roosevelt and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts. "A remarkable 35-year friendship that was nurtured by some 2,500 letters. That correspondence forms the foundation for Laurence Jurdem’s lively narrative, The Rough Rider and the Professor, rendered in unadorned prose and with a touching sympathy for his subjects," wrote The Wall Street Journal in its review.
Laurence Jurdem, Ph.D., is currently an adjunct professor of history at Fairfield University and Fordham College’s Lincoln Center campus. Mr. Jurdem is also the author of Paving the Way for Reagan: The Influence of Conservative Media on U.S. Foreign Policy. A frequent writer on American politics, his articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He lives in Connecticut.
After the lecture, Jurdem's book, The Rough Rider and The Professor, was available for purchase and signing by the author. The books were provided by The Friends of Sagamore Hill.
Also after the lecture, there was a celebration of TR's birthday, with Roosevelt family culinary treats, and a birthday cake!
2022 In-Person Gable Lecture by Michael Cullinane
The Friends of Sagamore Hill celebrated TR's Birthday
On Thursday, October 27, 2022, at 7:00 PM ET, approximately 60 attendees joined The Friends of Sagamore Hill in celebrating Theodore Roosevelt's birthday with an informative and entertaining presentation by Michael Cullinane, discussing Theodore Roosevelt and the Tennis Cabinet, delivered at Christ Church Parish Hall in Oyster Bay, NY. This was the first in-person Gable Lecture presented by The Friends in three years.
Cullinane examined some of the officials that collaborated with TR to make his administration a success. and explained why reviving their contribution to American politics demonstrates how Roosevelt’s administration really worked.
Michael Patrick Cullinane is Professor of U.S. History and the Lowman Walton Chair in Theodore Roosevelt Studies at Dickinson State University in North Dakota. He is the author of the award-winning Theodore Roosevelt’s Ghost: The History and Memory of an Icon and Remembering Theodore Roosevelt: Reminiscences of his Contemporaries. He is currently working on a book-length project that explores the so-called Roosevelt tennis cabinet of informal advisors.
After the lecture, Cullinane's book, Remembering Theodore Roosevelt, was available for purchase and signing by the author. The books were provided by Theodore's Books.
Also after the lecture, there was a celebration of TR's birthday, with Roosevelt family culinary treats, and a birthday cake!
