TO THE MEMORY OF
ARCHIBALD·W·BUTT, MAJOR, U·S·A
MILITARY·AIDE·TO·THE·PRESIDENT

HE LOST HIS LIFE APRIL 15, 1912, WHEN THE
BRITISH STEAMSHIP TITANIC SANK AND THE
WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE SAVED. OF HIM
PRESIDENT TAFT SAID "THE CHIEF TRAITS
OF HIS CHARACTER WERE LOYALTY TO HIS IDEAL
HIS CLOTH AND HIS FRIENDS. HIS CHARACTER
WAS A SIMPLE ONE; HE WAS INCAPABLE OF
INTRIGUE OR INSINCERITY; HE WAS GENTLE
AND CONSIDERATE OF EVERYONE AND A
SOLDIER, EVERY INCH OF HIM."

GEO T. BREWSTER
·SC·1913
[ inscription on memorial plaque ]
The memorial bronze plaque is mounted on a wall in the Museum Store
located on the crypt level of the Washington National Cathedral.
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Location of the Archibald Butt Memorial Plaque
Washington National Cathedral
3101 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC
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