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Teddy Roosevelt Goes Flying

By www.smithsonianmag.com
Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0000

The Wright exhibition team was performing at an air meet in St. Louis when pilot Arch Hoxsey crossed paths with Teddy Roosevelt on October 11, 1910. At the time, Roosevelt was campaigning for Missouris state Republican party. In this silent clip, Roosevelt initially refuses Hoxseys invitation to fly, but changes his mind. One can only imagine what Roosevelt was thinking as Hoxsey put the biplane into three steep dives, pulling up sharply each time. Video: Library of Congress


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Happy 153rd birthday, Teddy Roosevelt

By www.mnn.com
Published On :: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:42:12 +0000

Just in time for the conservationist president's birthday, the U.S. unveils a plan to freeze uranium mining near one of his favorite places: the Grand Canyon.


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Teddy Roosevelt's White House was a real zoo

By www.mnn.com
Published On :: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 17:04:51 +0000

Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th U.S. president, had a menagerie that included everything from dogs and bears to rodents and a one-legged rooster.


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The birth of the FBI : Teddy Roosevelt, the Secret Service, and the fight over America's premier law enforcement agency / Willard M. Oliver.

By www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au
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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.


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Happy Birthday, Teddy Roosevelt!

By blog.nyhistory.org
Published On :: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 13:26:06 +0000

As a present of sorts, in honor of what would have been his 160th birthday, here are some sheet music covers depicting Theodore Roosevelt, who was born in Manhattan, at 28 East 20th Street, on October 27, 1858. Probably no American president has gazed out from more sheet music covers than TR, whose rough-riding exploits and...

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