January 1899″The Rough Riders”December 4, 1902 In January 1899, Theodore Roosevelt marked the beginning of a long relationship with the publisher Charles Scribner, publishing the first chapters of the serialized version of his book, The Rough Riders.Theodore Roosevelt, from this book of war, learns to keep laughing at himself. play “I’m a literary feller…*”* …not a […]
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December 4, 1902December 4, 1902 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., one of the most notable and quoted Justices of the Supreme Court in the twentieth century, almost wasn’t. And then Theodore Roosevelt came along. play “absolutely sane and sound”When William McKinley was President, rumors were circulating about sitting Associate Justice Horace Gray. Word was that he […]
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Happy Thanksgiving!Happy Thanks-giving! ” Once again the season of the year has come when, in accordance with the custom of our forefathers for generations past, the president appoints a day as the special occasion for all our people to give praise and thanksgiving to God.TR, Proclamation 776—Thanksgiving Day, 1907 (made October 26, 1907). play “the custom […]
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