“THE CALL OF WILL ROGERS' NOW ON PERMANENT EXHIBIT AT WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL MUSEUM

L. M. Levie, an Ambassador of the Will Rogers Memorial Museum and Trustee of the Explorers Club and the Theodore Roosevelt Association, issued the following statement:

"I am profoundly honored that 'The Call of Will Rogers' now resides permanently at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum, displayed alongside sympathy messages from President Roosevelt, Charlie Chaplin, Lady Astor, and other luminaries of Will's time."

"Will Rogers embodied timeless values that resonate as powerfully today as they did nearly a century ago-his commitment to honesty and fair dealing, the value and dignity of work, the healing power of good humor, and the sacred bonds of friendship. If this poem helps even one visitor connect with Will's spirit and carry forward his legacy of bringing people together through humor and understanding, it will have fulfilled its purpose.

"I am deeply grateful to Tad Jones and the entire museum team for their dedication to preserving Will's memory, and to my dear friend Jennifer Rogers-Etcheverry and the Rogers family for their continued stewardship of Will's remarkable legacy. The recent tragic loss of the Pacific Palisades ranch makes the Claremore museum's mission all the more vital."

About the Will Rogers Memorial Museum

The Will Rogers Memorial Museum stands as a testament to the life and legacy of America's beloved humorist and philosopher. Located in Claremore, Oklahoma, on land that Rogers himself purchased in 1911 as the site for his planned retirement home, the museum overlooks the Tiawah Valley and offers a panoramic view of Rogers State University and the surrounding countryside.

Construction of the original 15,000-square-foot limestone building began on April 21, 1938, with Will's sister, Sallie Rogers McSpadden, turning the first spadeful of dirt. The museum was completed and dedicated on November 4, 1938-what would have been Rogers' 59th birthday-just three years after his death. President Franklin Roosevelt participated in the dedication ceremony via radio, delivering a touching tribute to Will and the new memorial that was broadcast across the nation.

In 1983, an 11,000-square-foot addition nearly doubled the museum's space, adding a theater, expanded gift shop, offices, archives, and more spacious galleries for displaying collections organized around the various aspects of Rogers' life and career. The museum's rotunda features a famous sculpture of Will Rogers by renowned artist Jo Davidson, with its pedestal inscribed with Rogers' most famous quotation: "I never met a man I didn't like."

The museum houses an extensive collection of over 18,000 photographs, thousands of original manuscripts, private letters, contracts, personal papers, motion pictures, home movies, and audio recordings. The research library contains more than 2,000 volumes covering Will Rogers and related topics including Native American history, genealogy, vaudeville, early motion pictures, and the history of the 1879-1935 era.

Originally managed by the Will Rogers Memorial Commission, the museum was transferred to the Oklahoma Historical Society in March 2016, ensuring its continued preservation and operation. The Rogers family tomb, located on the museum grounds, serves as the final resting place for Will and Betty Rogers, along with three of their four children and other family members.

For further information, please see:

https://www.willrogers.com

https://www.okhistory.org/sites/wrtour

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American Industrial Acquisition Corporation (AIAC) is a diversified industrial group with manufacturing and distribution sites in 24 countries in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia-New Zealand. AIAC has acquired and grown non-core subsidiaries and divisions of Boeing, Siemens, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Johnson Controls, Merck, Pfizer, Astellas, Visteon, Carlyle, Ahlstrom, Tolko, Groupe Suez, Groupe Rexel, and many other leading multinational corporations.

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AIAC and the AIAC Foundation support a wide range of nonprofit, nonsectarian, bipartisan organizations which promote international conflict resolution, disaster relief, economic development, environmental sustainability, exploration, and the performing art

The exploration-focused nonprofit organizations which they actively support include The Explorers Club, the National Geographic Society, the Royal Geographical Society, the American Museum of Natural History and the Hayden Planetarium, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the National Air and Space Museum, the National Space Society, and the United States Space Foundation.

AIAC's beneficiaries include the Appeal of the Nobel Peace Laureates Foundation Inc., the Asia Society, the Atlantic Council, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - Gates Philanthropy Partners, the Bretton Woods Committee, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Carter Center, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Foreign Policy Association, the Institut Française des Relations Internationales, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Crisis Group, the International Rescue Committee, the Japan Society, the JFK School of Government of Harvard University, the Peterson Institute for International Economics, the Richardson Center for Global Engagement, the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), the Sierra Club, the Trilateral Commission, and the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute.

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