September 17:Constitution Day The two Presidents that I portray, John Adams and Theodore Roosevelt, were not involved in the drafting of the United States Constitution. But that didn’t stop either of them from having a lot to say on the subject. To celebrate this day that the United States’ governing document was approved, the following video shows […]
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September 11-13: Courage and LossSeptember 11-13: Courage and Loss ” Everything is going on most satisfactorily with the President. I feel assured not only that he will recover, but that his recovery will be so speedy that in a very short time he will be able to resume his duties.TR to Fletcher D. Proctor, September […]
Keep on reading...August 29 – The Colonel makes peace ” We wish peace, but we wish the peace of justice, the peace of righteousness. We wish it because we think it is right and not because we are afraid.President Theodore Roosevelt spoke the above words during his inaugural address in 1905. And it was quite a year to […]
Keep on reading...August 7 – TR takes on the establishmentAugust 7 – TR takes on the establishment What do you do when your choices are bad – or worse?In the election of 1912, Theodore Roosevelt had a number of difficult choices to make. His friend and Presidential successor William Howard Taft had been disappointing the more Progressive […]
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The “Bull Moose,” as he was known – the man who took a bullet in the chest and immediately gave a near-ninety minute speech – started out (in his words) as a “sickly, delicate boy, suffered much from asthma, and frequently had to be taken away on trips to find a place where I could […]
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