Commemorations of Quentin Roosevelt and USAS
On July 14, 2008 on the 90th anniversary of Quentin's death, the villages of Saints, Mauperthuis and Touquin held a commemoration of Quentin Roosevelt. Roosevelt was billeted in the village of Mauperthuis and based in Saints at the time of his death.
On Sainte-Marie-à-Py the Aux Morts des Armées de Champagne monument made in 1923 by Maxime Real del Sarte sculptor.
On June 28, 2009, on the 90th anniversary of the departure of the USAS from Issoudun, Issoudun held a ceremony in honor of the American aviators and also included Quentin Roosevelt's name on the new plaque.
The community of Quentin, Pennsylvania, in Lebanon County, was named for Quentin Roosevelt.
In 1945, Avenue Q in Brooklyn, NY was renamed Quentin Road in honor of Quentin Roosevelt.
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