US President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates a memorial shaft to Ohio pioneers. Crowds cheer. Roosevelt on a stand. Flags are pulled back to reveal the monument. A band plays Stars and Stripes. View of a statue.
Men put tags on pigeons and enter the tag numbers in a list. Pigeons are set free for the National Pigeon Race in Marietta, Ohio. One of the participants is L. Bayne of Baltimore, Maryland. Pigeons in flight.
US President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates a monument in Marietta, Ohio to pioneers who established Northwestern United States 150 years ago. A crowd cheers and a band plays. President Roosevelt speaks from a podium. Memorial statues are unveiled.