Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library proposal gets backing from North Dakota Senate committee

[TexasTowelie]

The North Dakota Senate's budget-writing committee backed a proposal to use Legacy Fund earnings for operating and maintaining the proposed Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Thursday.

The project has been a top priority for Gov. Doug Burgum, who sees the library as a boost to tourism in North Dakota.

A budget bill amendment offered by Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner, R-Dickinson, would set aside $50 million in Legacy Fund earnings for an endowment fund to generate interest and earnings to operate and maintain the library. The fund would be managed by the Board of University and School Lands, which Burgum chairs.

But the proposal requires project backers to first raise $100 million to construct the library and donate $300,000 to the city of Dickinson for its costs in planning for a presidential library. A previous version of the project was slated for Dickinson but is now planned to be built in Medora, and Wardner had expressed frustration at the change in location.

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[Sherman A1]

1. Good I have seen some of this project noted

Online along the way and hope that it comes to fruition.

[Historic NY]

2. Why is it No. Dakota when its not in his home state of NY.

specifically at Sycamore Hill or the vicinity thereof. He lived & died there from 1885-1919. Its like they hijacking him for tourist purposes so he was at a ranch for the time he wasn't President. The library would be better suited in NY where it can better coordinate with Hyde Parks FDR Presidential Library.

[TexasTowelie]

3. Cultural appropriation?

Perhaps the people at Sycamore Hill, NY need to get involved to stop the project. I wonder if they have the right of first refusal?