The words of one of Long Island’s "proudest sons" have been etched into marble in Rocky Point to honor not only the man who spoke them 115 years ago, but all those who served the United States armed forces.

The VFW Post 6249 Suffolk County World War II and Military History Museum, which opened two years ago in the old Rocky Point train station, unveiled on Friday a black marble monument bearing a portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt. Alongside it is a portion of a speech on citizenship in a democratic republic that he delivered in Paris in 1910, the year following his presidency. The words now adorning the museum's lawn are often referred to as Roosevelt’s "Man in the Arena" speech.

Roosevelt’s words are a call to service, said Capt. Christopher Casswell, who served in the Army as an

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