TR’s Mark on US Army Uniforms
In 1901, Theodore Roosevelt wrote his New York State National guard friend, Colonel William Cary Sanger, whom he had appointed to study Swiss and British reserve forces in Europe, ...
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The Diaries of TR
The writer is an assistant professor of history and chair of the Department of American Culture and Literature at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey On February 14, 1884, Theodo ...
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Beyond Borglum: Finding TR in the Black Hills
If you set out in search of Theodore Roosevelt’s America, your travels would inevitably lead you to the Black Hills of South Dakota and the monumental image of Roosevelt carved on ...
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A tip of the hat to Chittenden Locks and the Panama Canal
In honor of the centennial of the opening of the Panama Canal (August 15, 1914), considered by many as the greatest achievement of Theodore Roosevelt as president, the Washington ...
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Correspondance Frédéric Mistral – Théodore Roosevelt 1904
All students of the 26th presidency have noted Theodore Roosevelt’s immense culture and voracious reading. He was indeed a “literary fellow,” to use Katherine Joslin’s phrase in h ...
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Acquainted with the Roosevelts: TRAHA Travel Report
It was such an honor, but perhaps an even greater surprise, to be the recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt American History Award 2014, which included a trip to New York State. I h ...
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Artifacts of the First Two Rough Rider Reunions 1899-1900
The Rough Riders—those who survived Spanish bullets and disease—were quarantined at the end of the Spanish-American War at Camp Wykoff [Wyckoff] on Montauk, Long Island, N.Y. Thos ...
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