CLAREMORE – To commemorate the death of Will Rogers, commonly referred to as “Oklahoma’s Favorite Son,” the Will Rogers Memorial Museum will host a wreath-laying at his tomb at noon, Friday, Aug. 15.
A flyover by volunteer docent and pilot Tom Egbert will conclude the event.
Will Rogers and pilot Wiley Post were killed in a plane crash on Aug. 15, 1935, in Point Barrow, Alaska. Upon hearing the news, then-president Franklin Roosevelt said, “I was shocked to hear of the tragedy which has taken Will Rogers and Wiley Post from us. Will was an old friend of mine, a humorist and philosopher beloved by all.”…