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Tag Archives: Sagamore Hill
The Sagamore Hill-Hyde Park Connection: Part II
Mano a Mano Theodore Roosevelt’s father (Theodore Sr.) had been a nominal Whig, but once the Republican Party had formed and had promised to be viable, he became a Republican and strong admirer of Abraham Lincoln. President Lincoln and the … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged Alice Roosevelt Longworth, American history, Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ex-POTUS TR involved in law suit, FDR's estate at Hyde Park, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history, Presidential history, Republican Theodore Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, The Hyde Park estate of FDR, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Jr, Theodore Roosevelt’s Sagamore Hill, TR and FDR, US history, White House history
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The Funeral of Theodore Roosevelt
When Theodore Roosevelt died on January 6, 1919, the world was stunned. TR Dies Not only was the world stunned at the death of former President Theodore Roosevelt, who was only sixty, but perhaps TR himself would have also been … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged American history, Charles Evans Hughes, Feather Schwartz Foster, former President Theodore Roosevelt, former President William Howard Taft, history, President Theodore Roosevelt, Presidential history, Sagamore Hill, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Senator Warren G. Harding, State funerals for Presidents, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's FUneral, Theodore Roosevelt's children, US history, Vice President Thomas Marshall, White House history
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Theodore Roosevelt Takes the Plunger
One would be hard pressed to find a more adventuresome POTUS than Theodore Roosevelt. The Young Fella Theodore Roosevelt became President suddenly. He had been a reluctant candidate for Vice President under William McKinley in 1900, but the McKinley-Roosevelt ticket … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, American history, Chester W. Nimitz, early submarine design, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George Washington, history, Leonardo DaVinci, President Theodore Roosevelt, Presidential history, Sagamore Hill, Submarine Hunley, Submarine Plunger (SS2), Submarine Shark, Submarine Turtle, submarines, Theodore Roosevelt, Travel in the 19th century, Travel in the early 20th century, US history, US naval history, US submarines
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Edith Roosevelt: Raising Eagles
Edith Carow Roosevelt was a mother of six when she became First Lady in 1901. The “Other” Mrs. Roosevelt Over the past seventy-five years or more, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt has eclipsed the name of the “other” Mrs Roosevelt, her … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged Alice Roosevelt, American history, Archie Roosevelt, Edith Carow Roosevelt, Edith Roosevelt, Ethel Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Edith Roosevelt, First Lady History, history, Kermit Roosevelt, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt, Presidential families, Presidential history, Quentin Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, Ted Roosevelt, Ted Roosevelt Jr., The Roosevelt children, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's children, TR, US history, White House history
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John Hay, TR and Lincoln’s Hair
John Hay had just graduated from Brown University when he met Abraham Lincoln. Hay and Lincoln John Hay (1838-1905) was the nephew of Milton Hay, an Illinois attorney and friend of Abraham Lincoln, nominated in 1860 as the Republican candidate … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's hair, American history, Asst. Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, Benjamin Harrison, Charles Francis Adams, Civil Service Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, Henry Adams, history, John Hay, John Nicolay, Lincoln secretary John Hay, Lincoln's hair encased in a ring, Lincoln's White House, Nicolay and Hay, President Benjamin Harrison, President William McKinley, Presidential history, Robert Lincoln, Sagamore Hill, Secretary of State John Hay, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural, US history, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt, White House history
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Roosevelt and Remington: The Cowboy and the Sculptor
Theodore Roosevelt was an unlikely cowboy. Frederic Remington was an unlikely sculptor of the West. Roosevelt the Cowboy Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)was a wealthy New Yorker by birth and upbringing. A nearsighted and asthmatic child, he overcame much of his frailty … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged "The Broncho Buster", American history, Century Magazine, Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, Frederic Remington, Frederic Remington sculptor, Frederic Remington western artist, history, Presidential history, Remington's Broncho Buster, Sagamore Hill, The Rough Riders, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt in the Dakotas, Theodore Roosevelt's childhood, TR, TR and the Rough Riders, TR in the Dakotas
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Ethel Roosevelt: TR’s Other Little Girl
All Theodore Roosevelt’s children had some of his qualities, but Ethel was more like her mother than any of them. Ethel Carow Roosevelt, The Second Daughter Ethel Roosevelt (1891-1977) was seven years younger than her half-sister Alice, and surrounded … Continue reading
Posted in Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged Alice Roosevelt, American history, Archie Roosevelt, Edith Carow Roosevelt, Edith Roosevelt, Ethel Roosevelt, Ethel Roosevelt and the American Red Cross, Ethel Roosevelt Derby, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Edith Roosevelt, history, Jr., Kermit Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt, Quentin Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, Ted Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's children, TR's daughter Ethel, TR's son, US history
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The Three Lives of Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was only 60 years old when he died. The country was stunned. How could TR allow himself to be blindsided by the Grim Reaper? TR’s Death The real truth was that TR, the poster-boy for the strenuous life, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged American history, American Presidents, Author Theodore Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, naturalist, President Theodore Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, Theodore Roosevelt, THeodore Roosevelt naturalist, Theodore Roosevelt's home, TR, US history, US Presidents, White House history
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Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt
The trick question is “what was Eleanor Roosevelt’s maiden name?” It was Roosevelt. She was Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt: Poor Little Rich Girl Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) was a patrician-born New Yorker. Her father was Theodore’s brother Elliott, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tagged Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Anna Hall Roosevelt, Anna Roosevelt Cowles, Eleanor Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt at Allenswood School, Eleanor's cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor's father Elliott Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mlle. Souvestre, Presidential wives, Rivington Street Settlement House, Sagamore Hill, The Allenswood School, Theodore Roosevelt
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Monticello and Sagamore Hill: Connected in Essence
Presidential homes usually provide the essence of the men who lived there, but none better than Monticello and Sagamore Hill. Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Thomas Jefferson was a Renaissance man of the Enlightenment. He somehow managed to compress half a dozen … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Presidential Sites, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Jefferson, Jefferson's home, MOnticello, Mount Rushmore, Presidential history, presidential homes, Sagamore Hill, T. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, TR, TR's home
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