Teddy Roosevelt visits Grey Towers

Unique living history program MILFORD — President Theodore Roosevelt comes to life and salutes his friend and colleague Gifford Pinchot in a special program on Saturday, May 23, at 7 p.m., at Grey Towers National Historic Site, 122 Old Owego Turnpike, in Milford. “TR Pays Special Tribute to Gifford Pinchot,” brings the nation’s premiere Theodore Roosevelt re-enactor, Joe Wiegand, to Pinchot’s ancestral home, Grey Towers, where he demonstrates an unparalleled grasp of history and an uncanny way of quickly convincing you that you are in the company of the great Rough Rider President. TR and Pinchot were friends and colleagues and shared a conservation philosophy that helped shape how the nation manages its natural resources. The two founded the US Forest Service and TR named Pinchot its first chief. In later years, Roosevelt wrote of Pinchot: “…Gifford Pinchot is the man to whom the nation owes most for what has been accomplished as regards the preservation of the natural resources of our country. He led, and indeed during its most vital period embodied, the fight for the preservation through use of our forests…. I believe it is but just to say that among the many, many public officials who under my administration rendered literally invaluable service to the people of the United States, he, on the whole, stood first.” Hosted by the Grey Towers Heritage Association, the unique program kicks off Grey Towers’ 2009 public program season. Tickets are $15 per person and can be purchased online at www.greytowers.org or by mail to GTHA, PO Box 188, Milford, PA, 18337. A portion of the proceeds will help fund a free program for area seniors. For more information, contact Grey Towers at 570-296-9630, by e-mail at info@greytowers.org or on the web at www.greytowers.org or www.fs.fed.us/gt .