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The Speech That Saved Teddy Roosevelt’s Life
The first page of Theodore Roosevelt's speech that was damaged when a bullet tore through it. Cade Martin On October 14, 1912, just after eight o’clock in the evening, Theodore Roosevelt stepped ...
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How a Speech (and Glasses) Saved Teddy Roosevelt from Assassination
Who was the physically toughest U.S. President? There are many contenders for the title. In addition to his combat experience in the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson fought numerous duels. Ulysses S.
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Teddy Roosevelt's 1919 Quote on Immigration Is the Single Best Take We've Ever Heard
President Theodore Roosevelt lived an eventful life -- a thoroughly American life. And it was at the very end of it that he penned what might be the best description of what the American immigrant ...
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1948 Democratic Convention
AP Images Theodore Roosevelt giving a campaign speech. Barry Goldwater supporters at the 1964 Republican National Convention. Truman committed the Democrats to civil rights. After the party ...
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On This Day in 1906, a Nobel Prize Was Awarded to an American for the First Time for Ending a War on the Other Side of the Globe
In the speech announcing the prize, Knudsen argued that peace was once “regarded as a utopian idea … out of touch with the realities of life.” That Roosevelt, a statesman and military man ...
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1912 Republican Convention
AP Images Theodore Roosevelt giving a campaign speech. Barry Goldwater supporters at the 1964 Republican National Convention. Truman committed the Democrats to civil rights. After the party ...