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===National tributes=== [[File:Will Rogers 3c 1948 issue U.S. stamp.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|US Post Office stamp, 1948]] In 1936, the NVA Hospital located in [[Saranac Lake, New York]], was renamed as the [[Will Rogers Memorial Hospital]] by the National Vaudeville Artists association.<ref name="nrhpinv_ny">{{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3590|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Will Rogers Memorial Hospital|date=July 1983|access-date=July 10, 2010|author=Raymond W. Smith|publisher=[[New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127115828/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3590|archive-date=January 27, 2012}}</ref> On November 4, 1948, the [[United States Post Office Department|United States Post Office]] commemorated Rogers with a three-cent postage stamp. In 1979, it issued a [[United States Postal Service]] 15-cent stamp of him as part of the "Performing Arts" series. In 1976, Rogers was among the historical figures depicted in the artwork ''[[United States Bicentennial|Our Nation's 200th Birthday]], [[Invention of the telephone|The Telephone's 100th Birthday]]'' by [[Stanley Meltzoff]] for [[Bell System]].<ref>[https://www.jklmuseum.com/tag/stanley-meltzoff/ "Stanley Meltzoff Archives: The 1976 Bell System Telephone Book Cover"] [[JKL Museum of Telephony]] (December 19, 2015); retrieved March 16, 2021</ref> The airport for [[Utqiagvik, Alaska|Utqiagvik]] (formerly Barrow), Alaska (BRW), located about {{convert|16|mi|km}} from the location of the fatal airplane crash, is known as the [[Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport]]. The [[Rogers-Post Site]], overlooking the lagoon where the plane crashed, has two (or possibly one remaining) monuments. It is on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. A plaque to Rogers and Post was also erected in Barrow. The [[World War II]] [[Liberty Ship]] {{SS|Will Rogers}} was named in his honor. The final ship of the {{sclass|Benjamin Franklin|submarine}}s, {{USS|Will Rogers|SSBN-659}}, was launched in 1966, and commissioned the following year. On November 4, 2019, Google celebrated his 140th birthday with a [[Google Doodle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://doodles.google/doodle/will-rogers-140th-birthday/|title=Will Rogers' 140th Birthday|website=Google|date=November 4, 2019}}</ref>
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