Teddy Roosevelt Speaks

“A presidential nominee embroiled in scandal, at odds with the Republican Party, while the papers are full of accusations against his character and his boorish, vulgar, and un-presidential ways.“

Although he preferred a horse, TR one hundred and fourteen years ago became the first U.S. President to ride in an automobile.

You can read the New York Times account of the story here.

It was one hundred years ago today that TR began his assent to the Presidency.

In today’s Daily Beast author Mark Lee Gardner explores the Colonels exploits on that fateful day.

“Mark Lee Gardner is an award-winning author and historian whose latest book, Rough Riders: Theodore Roosevelt, His Cowboy Regiment, and the Immortal Charge Up San Juan Hill, was recently released by William Morrow/HarperCollins.”

“Obama has approached the designation of national monuments as a way to bolster the country’s defenses against climate change and as a way to make the national narrative more inclusive, in addition to his obligation to safeguard the country’s national treasures.”

A fascinating article by Juliet Eilperin of the Washington Post.

Invoking the The Antiquities Act of 1906 all Obama has to do is say:

“I do declare it!”

United States President Theodore Roosevelt addresses the crowd at Michigan Agricultural College commencement in 1907. Roosevelt attended the ceremony in honor of the 50th anniversary of the college’s opening, May 31, 1907. (Photo: Courtesy photo/MSU Archives and Historical Collections)

According to author Nicole Levy, because TR would be in town for the Fifth Avenue parade and then be able to give the bride away. I did not know that.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day.

As the voters of Iowa go to the polls today for the first Presidential Primary, TRs words still ring true. “Are the American people fit to govern themselves, to rule themselves, to control themselves?”

Click on the link below for an excerpt from Geofreey Corwan’s new book:Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary.

Teddy Roosevelt Defends the Presidential Primary In 1912, the popular third-party candidate stressed “the right of the people to rule” in the first election to truly test the primary system. BY GEOFFREY COWAN February 1, 2016

Manvotional: Theodore Roosevelt on Everyday Duty

From the blog The Art of Manliness

Today is the 157th birthday of the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt!

Charles Fairbanks marries Cornelia Cole, Oct. 6, 1874