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Tag Archives: Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt: September, 1901
The month had started quietly enough for Theodore Roosevelt and his family. A Family Vacation Theodore Roosevelt, his wife Edith, and their six children were on a rare and well-needed family vacation in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ainsley Wilcox, American history, Anna Roosevelt Cowles, Bamie Roosevelt, Corinne Roosevelt, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, Edith Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Edith Roosevelt, First Lady Ida McKinley, George Cortelyou, history, Ida McKinley, President Theodore Roosevelt, President William McKinley, Presidential history, the assassination of William McKinley, The Roosevelt children, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Sr., Theodore Roosevelt's sisters, US history, VP Theodore Roosevelt, White House history, William McKinley
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Buckey O’Neill, Captain of TR’s Rough Riders
Next to Theodore Roosevelt, Buckey O’Neill was the most famous Rough Rider. Buckey O’Neill: Not-So-Rough Riding No doubt about it, when Theodore Roosevelt assembled the voluntary cavalry corps nicknamed the Rough Riders, a wide assortment of men couldn’t wait to … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Battle of San Juan Hill, Buckey O'Neill, Feather Schwartz Foster, First US Volunteer Cavalry, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, history, Prescott Arizona, Prescott Mayor Buckey O'Neill, Prescott Sheriff Buckey O'Neill, Solon Borglum, Spanish-American War, Statue of Buckey O'Neill, The Rough Riders, The War with Spain, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders, Tombstone Arizona, TR and the Rough Riders, US history, William Owen O'Neill
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Dolley Madison Sends A Telegram
As “The Widow Dolley”, Mrs. Madison was the most famous woman in the country. Mrs. Madison: Dowager Washingtonian When James Madison died at 85, Dolley was 68, and still in good health. Montpelier, their Virginia plantation was failing however, due … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Benjamin Franklin, Dolley Madison, Dolley Madison and the telegraph connection, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, First Lady Dolley Madison, history, Morse Code, Patrick Feaster, Samuel F.B. Morse, Samuel Finley Breeze Morse, the invention of the telegraph, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Edison, Thomas Jefferson, US history
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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
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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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Theodore Roosevelt: Sailor and Soldier
Theodore Roosevelt, man of a zillion interests, always loved the military. TR: The Sailors’ Nephew Theodore Roosevelt was a little child during the tumultuous Civil War years. His was a well-to-do prominent New York family, but his mother, Martha (Mittie) … Continue reading
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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
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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
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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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FIRST DADS: A Book Review
Author Joshua Kendall has whipped up a dandy light-history read! FIRST DADS is filled with stories, tidbits and gossip about our Presidents – and how they stacked up as fathers. Or not. The author begins with an important premise (not … Continue reading
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Tagged "First Dads", Fathers in the White House, Feather Schwartz Foster, George Washington, Jack Custis, John Adams, John and Abigail Adams, John Quincy Adams, Joshua Kendall, President Obama as father, President Theodore Roosevelt, Presidential fathers, Presidential history, Rutherford B. Hayes, Rutherford B. Hayes as father, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt as father, Ulysses S Grant as father, Ulysses S. Grant
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Alice Hathaway Lee: The First Mrs. TR
Few people know it, but Theodore Roosevelt was married twice. He was married at twenty-two. Three years later, his wife died in childbirth. Theodore Roosevelt: Suitor Theodore Roosevelt was home-schooled or privately tutored for most of his youth, partly because … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Hathaway Lee, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, American history, Anna Bamie Roosevelt, Edith Carow, Edith Carow Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Martha Bullock Roosevelt, Presidential history, Presidential wives, The death of Theodore Roosevelt's first wife, The Second Mrs. TR, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's family, Theodore Roosevelt's first wife, TR's first wife Alice Lee, US history, White House history, young Theodore Roosevelt
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TR and the White House Gang
When Theodore Roosevelt became President in 1901, he brought his wife and six kids – the largest group of youngsters in the White House. The Young Roosevelts At 42, Theodore Roosevelt was our youngest president, and not surprisingly, his family … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Roosevelt, American history, Archie Roosevelt, Earle Looker, Ethel Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Edith Roosevelt, history, Kermit Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt, Presidential history, QuentinRoosevelt, Ted Roosevelt, The White House Gang, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Jr, Theodore Roosevelt's children, Theodore Roosevelt's family, TR, US history, White House history
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