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Rough Riders
As a Rough Rider in the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt’s attention to nature and love of animals were much in evidence, characteristics that would later help form his strong conservationist platform as president
ON JUNE 3, 1898, 39 days into the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders arrived in Florida by train, assigned to the U.S. transport Yucatan. But the departure date from Tampa Bay for Cuba kept changing. Read more >>
A Volunteer’s Eyewitness Account of the War With Spain
It’S rough to be around a rider when he’s the President
In little more than seven weeks the Rough Rider would be leaving the White House. Read more >>
He had vivid memories of fighting in Cuba with Theodore Roosevelt. “We’d have gone to hell with him.”
“In strict confidence, I should welcome any war, ” wrote The Read more >>