The Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site is a unit of the National Park Service that commemorates the childhood home of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States http://www.nps.gov/thrb
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A National Park site consisting of Theodore Roosevelt's reconstructed childhood home. Free public tours are offered at 10 and 11 am, and 1,2,3, and 4 pm
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Did you know that Edith Roosevelt turned their home, Sagamore Hill, into a working farm? Theodore Roosevelt would sometimes assist the farm hands as can be seen in the photo. #TheodoreRoosevelt #THRB #FindYourPark #SagamoreHill #NPS
Photo: Theodore Roosevelt with farm hands bring in the hay
Could you imagine getting around NYC via canal and canal boat? In 1900, Governor Theodore Roosevelt appointed a canal commission for the state of New York. This committee was responsible for studying the feasibility of using the canal system and making them cheaper to use for transport. As Governor, Theodore Roosevelt understood the economic importance of the canal system to New York. #TheodoreRoosevelt #TheodoreRooseveltBirthplace #findyourpark
Images: One black and white image of Theodore Roosevelt. One black and white image of the Erie Canal
In 1908, Theodore Roosevelt signed the Federal Employees Liability Act into law. This law was designed to protect railroad workers who got injured on the job. This legislation still exists. #TheodoreRoosevelt #TheodoreRooseveltbirthplace #findyourpark
Image: Color Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt from 1908.
Theodore Roosevelt was #Governor of #NewYorkState from 1899 through 1900. He pushed for many progressive policies during his term. In 1899, he appointed the #TenementHouseCommission to investigate tenements in New York. The reports from this commission lead to the the #tenement house act of 1901.This act required landlords to provide better ventilation, indoor bathrooms, and windows in their tenements.
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Image: This is a black and white portrait of Governor Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt's younger brother Elliot had seizures. This medical issue and other issues effected his life. This is important to recognize because today is Purple Day. This day is supposed to create international awareness for epilepsy. #TheodoreRooseveltBirthplace #TheodoreRoosevelt #ElliotRoosevelt
Image: This is a black and white image of Elliot Roosevelt
Join us with Melanie Bourbeau, Curator at Hill-Stead museum, as she shares the story of Theodate Pope Riddle, the architect who re-created Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace! #WomensHistoryMonth, #TR #TheodoreRoosevelt #architect #architecture #PresidentialHistory Open House New York Hill-Stead Museum
Need an #adventure? Theodore Roosevelt felt this way after leaving the presidency. He decided to go on an African Safari with his son Kermit Roosevelt. The hunting expedition that left on March 23, 1909, was sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution to help further scientific knowledge.
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Image: Former President Theodore Roosevelt posing with his African safari guides in front of a dead elephant.
Theodore Roosevelt had a different view on women's place in the home and society. He believed women's role was in the home. But, he did develop a belief that women should be able to vote. When he ran for President with the Progressive Party in 1912, the topic of Women's suffrage became a high priority for him. In 1917, he had women suffragists over at Sagamore Hill. #TheodoreRooseveltbirthplace #SagamoreHillNationalHistoricsite #findyourpark
image; Black and white photo of Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill speaking to Women Suffragettes.
Join us with Melanie Bourbeau, Curator at Hill-Stead museum, as she shares the story of Theodate Pope Riddle, the architect who re-created Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace! #WomensHistoryMonth, #TR #TheodoreRoosevelt #architect #architecture #PresidentialHistory Open House New York Hill-Stead Museum
#OTD: On March 18, 1911, Theodore Roosevelt dedicated the Theodore Roosevelt Dam in Arizona. The dam was built from 1903 to 1911. It was the result of his reclamation efforts as #president. The dam would provide irrigation for the area of #Arizona called the Salt River Valley. What projects can be done to help with the future of the #UnitedStates? #TheodoreRoosevelt #TheodoreRooseveltbirthplace #Findyourpark #Rooseveltdam
This is a black and white video of Theodore Roosevelt giving a speech at the dedication of the Roosevelt Dam on March 18, 1911
On March 17, 1905, Eleanor Roosevelt wed her fifth cousin once removed, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt gave away his niece Eleanor in the place of his deceased brother Elliot. After the ceremony, the President swept wedding guests off to the library to regale them with stories, leaving the happy couple to follow along fulfilling the often repeated quip that Theodore always “wanted to be the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral". #TheodoreRoosevelt #FindYourPark #THRB #EleanorRoosevelt #FranklinDRoosevelt #FDR
Image: Photograph of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt in a pasture with a farm house and mountains in the background. The photo was taken in San Remo, Italy while they were on their honeymoon.
Theodore Roosevelt, as a young boy, would memorize bird songs to help him identify birds. As President, he preserved land habitats for numerous species in the United States. On March 14, 1903, he created Pelican Island preserve, the first federal bird reservation that eventually led to the creation of the National Wildlife Refuge System. (https://www.fws.gov/refuges/) #THRB #TheodoreRoosevelt #FindYourPark
Image: Photo of Pelican Island c.1891 with Pelicans next to the water
For #womenshistorymonth we’ll be speaking with Hill-Stead’s curator, Melanie Bourbeau to learn about #TheodatePopeRiddle, the architect who re-created #theodorerooseveltbirthplace. This talk will be hosted live on Facebook on March 25 at 4pm (EST) and posted to our website after its premiere. www.nps.Gov/THRB. @hillsteadmuseum #TR #TheodoreRoosevelt #americanpresidents #theodorerooseveltbirthplacenhs
Theodore's Thursday Thoughts:
"Optimism is a good characteristic, but if carried to excess it becomes foolishness." #TheodoreRoosevelt #TheodoreRooseveltBirthplace #FindYourPark
-Seventh Annual Message, Washington (December 3, 1907)
imagine: black and white photo of Theodore Roosevelt.
During the American Civil War, Theodore Roosevelt Sr. worked tirelessly on the Allotment Commission. The commission made it so that soldiers could send money directly home from their paychecks to their families. Due to his work lobbying for and running the Allotment Commission, Theodore Roosevelt Sr. came into close proximity to President Abraham Lincoln. At some point Theodore Roosevelt Sr. was given the following signed autograph by President Abraham Lincoln. #TheodoreRoosevelt #THRB #FindYourPark #AbrahamLincoln #AmericanCivilWar #CivilWar
Image: Profile portrait of President Abraham Lincoln seated at desk with the signature "A. Lincoln" on bottom front. On the back of the photo is the following written "I certify that the President's signature is genuine" John Hay. Then written in Theodore Roosevelt's handwriting, "Given to father by President Lincoln; by father to Aunt Annie; now to me by Uncle Jimmie - May 1902" Theodore Roosevelt
Curious in how Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site came to be? Join Ranger Ryan to peel back the layers of this story and reveal how this shrine to TR not only left its mark historically, but continues to serve and influence visitors today!
#TR #Presidents #NYCHistory #TheodoreRoosevelt #TheodoreRooseveltBirthplace #FindYourPark #NPS Sagamore Hill National Historic Site Friends of Sagamore Hill Open House New York
Having Sunday brunch today? Does your brunch setting look like this? This place setting is for a breakfast of Theodore Roosevelt's. Achibald Butt recorded that a breakfast at Sagamore Hill was served with oversized plates with double helpings of peaches and cream, fried liver, bacon, hominy grits with salt and butter. #TheodoreRoosevelt #THRB #FindYourPark #SagamoreHill #NPS
Image: Lavish breakfast table setting for Theodore Roosevelt.
Curious in how Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site came to be? Join Ranger Ryan to peel back the layers of this story and reveal how this shrine to TR not only left its mark historically, but continues to serve and influence visitors today!
#TR #Presidents #NYCHistory #TheodoreRoosevelt #TheodoreRooseveltBirthplace #FindYourPark #NPS Sagamore Hill National Historic Site Friends of Sagamore Hill Open House New York
On March 4, 1905, Theodore Roosevelt was inaugurated for a second term as #President of the United States of America. This was the only #inauguration that Theodore Roosevelt ever had, since he ascended to the presidency upon the death of #WilliamMcKinley. #TheodoreRoosevelt #FindYourPark
Image: Black and White image of the inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt on March 4, 1905.
In celebration of Women's History Month, join Ranger Ryan as he speaks about the re-creation of the birthplace by Theodate Pope Riddle, Architect! Join us on FB Premiere March 8 at 1pm EST, and again on March 25 at 1pm EST to join Ranger Alyssa who will speak with Hill-Stead Museum's curator Melanie Bourbeau about Theodate's life and legacy she left behind. #TheodoreRoosevelt #WomensHistoryMonth #TheodoreRooseveltBirthplace #NPS #Architecture #Presidents Sagamore Hill National Historic Site Theodore Roosevelt National ParkTheodoreRoosevelt.com Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Teddy Roosevelt Show
Did you know that Theodore Roosevelt was the first President who succeeded a previous President due to death to ever win a term of his own? This achievement was impressive for the time. The cartoon shows Uncle Sam endorsing Theodore Roosevelt for a second term as President. #TheodoreRoosevelt #THRB #FindYourPark
Image: Cartoon of Uncle Sam patting President Roosevelt on the back, approving Theodore Roosevelt for a second term as President.
OTD On February 27, 1899, Theodore Roosevelt was elected a member of the Saint Nicholas Society of New York. Theodore Roosevelt was one of a handful of Roosevelt's to be elected to this organization.
The Saint Nicholas Society was founded in 1835 to commemorate the history of New York. The organization has fundraisers and other activities. Members need to have a male lineage in New York going back to at least 1785.
Photograph is of the date the Saint Nicholas Society was founded.
Theodore's Thursday Thoughts:
"I believe that human rights are supreme over all other rights; that wealth should be the servant not the master of people."
(A Chicago Progressive Party speech in 1912)
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Image: Black and white photo of Theodore Roosevelt standing next to a chair..
Originally intended as a military show of force, the two year mission of Great White Fleet turned into a diplomatic one. After a successful voyage around the world, the Great White Fleet was welcomed home to the United States by #President Theodore Roosevelt and the American public on February 22, 1909. He gave a speech praising the accomplishment of the #GreatWhiteFleet. #TheodoreRoosevelt #FindYourPark #TheodoreRooseveltBirthplace
Image: Picture of the speech Theodore Roosevelt gave on February 22 for the return of the Great White Fleet..
In 1905, Theodore Roosevelt picked Charles W. Anderson to be IRS collector of lower Manhattan in New York .He would be responsible for the Wall Street district. Booker T. Washington liked the appointment and wanted it to be confirmed by the senate quickly. #TheodoreRoosevelt #CharlesWAnderson #BookerTWashington
#BlackHistoryMonth @ [134960206564573:274:Booker T. Washington National Monument]
Image: Letter from Booker T. Washington to Theodore Roosevelt about the appointment of Charles W. Anderson
Theodore's Thursday Thoughts:
"Every great nation owes to the men whose lives have formed part of its greatness not merely the material effect of what they did, not merely the laws they placed upon the statue-books or the victories they won over armed foes, but also the immense but indefinable moral influence produced by their deeds and words themselves upon the national character." #TheodoreRoosevelt #THRB #FindYourPark #MountRushmore #GeorgeWashinton #ThomasJefferson #AbrahamLincoln
-Forum (February 1895)
Image: Color photo of Mount Rushmore with the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
Have you been married? If so, where? #OTD "Princess" Alice Roosevelt, Theodore's famous, beautiful, and glamorous first daughter, married Nick Longworth on February 17, 1906, in the White House.
#TheodoreRoosevelt #FindYourPark #TR #TheodoreRooseveltBirthplace #Family
Black and white photo of Alice Roosevelt in her wedding gown.
Come commemorate #PresidentsDay by taking a ranger-guided tour of the 26th president's birthplace and childhood home! #TR #TheodoreRooseveltBirthplace #TheodoreRoosevelt #PresidentialHistory #Presidents #NYCHistory #VirtualProgramming #FindYourPark Sagamore Hill National Historic Site Friends of Sagamore Hill Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Come commemorate #PresidentsDay by taking a ranger-guided tour of the 26th president's birthplace and childhood home! #TR #TheodoreRooseveltBirthplace #TheodoreRoosevelt #PresidentialHistory #Presidents #NYCHistory #VirtualProgramming #FindYourPark Sagamore Hill National Historic Site Friends of Sagamore Hill Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Explore the 26th Presidents' childhood home! #TR #TheodoreRoosevelt #Presidents #PresidentsDay #presidentialHistory
On this day, February 14, Valentine’s Day 1884, Theodore Roosevelt’s mother and wife pass away in the family’s New York City residence. His mom, Martha "Mittie" Bulloch, dies of typhoid in the morning. A few hours later, his wife, Alice Hathaway Lee, who had given birth to baby Alice a few days prior, dies of Bright’s disease. #TheodoreRoosevelt #tragedy #ValentinesDay #TR
Image: Theodore Roosevelt's journal entry on February 14, 1884, is marked by a large “X” and the notation, “The light has gone out of my life” (Source. Library of Congress.)
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site's cover photo
No better way to celebrate #PresidentsDay than to take a tour of the 26th President's Birthplace! Come join in exploring five re-created period rooms to examine how much of TR's childhood influenced the man he would become! #TR #TheodoreRoosevelt #TheodoreRooseveltBirthplace #PresidentialHistory #NYCHistory #VirtualProgramming #HouseTour
Tragedy struck young Theodore Roosevelt on February 9, 1878, when his hero and father Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. succumbed to bowel cancer at his home in New York City. #TheodoreRoosevelt #FindYourPark #TheodoreSr. #Death #Anniversary
Image: Portrait photo of Theodore Sr.
#OTD: On February 8th, 1896, Jacob Riis took New York Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt on a tour of the horrible Police Lodging houses where poor people stayed. After seeing how bad they were, Theodore Roosevelt promised to clean them up. He closed them a week later. #TheodoreRoosevelt #NewYorkPoliceCommissioner #JacobRiis
Image: Black and White photo of New York City Police Commissioner Roosevelt sitting down at his desk.
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Many people's #NewYearsResolution includes using a gym, and perhaps using weights. #TheodoreRoosevelt had a gymnasium on the back patio behind his nursery, where he used even bars to "build his body." Today in the nursery, visitors see things that look like bowling pins or mini baseball bats. What are they? They are called "indian clubs"! We wonder... will they ever make a comeback in gyms today? Come for a tour, and examine the indian clubs for yourself! www.nps.gov/thrb #2020ParkVision Hot Springs National Park Library of Congress Black and white video from 1904 showing 4th graders swinging indian clubs in unison. Indian clubs were excercise equipment of the time period.
Come celebrate with Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace for TR's Birthday Anniversary! #TheodoreRoosevelt, #Birthday #Anniversary #TheodoreRooseveltBirthplaceNationalHistoricSite
Happy 103 Birthday to the National Park Service! Although, the National Park Service did not exist when Theodore Roosevelt was president, much of the land he preserved is administer by the National Park Service today. Watch the slideshow to see some of the land he famously conserved! #TheodoreRoosevelt #NPS #OTD #NPSBirthday #BirthdayofNPS #FindYourPark #CraterLake #GrandCanyon #DevilsTower #Olympic #Tumacacori #MuirWoods #NaturalBridges #MontezumaCastle #GilaCliffDwellings Image: Natural Bridges NM, Grand Canyon NP, Crater Lake NP, Devils Tower NM, Olympic NP, Tumacacori NHP, Muir Woods NM, Wheeler, Gila Cliff Dwellings NM, and Montezuma Castle NM.
Leaving a job often causes us to think about our accomplishments. One wonders what Theodore Roosevelt must have been thinking about on May 5, 1898 as he prepared to resign his position as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to fight as a part of the First United States Volunteer Calvary (Rough Riders) in the Spanish-American War. President McKinley was grateful for Theodore Roosevelt's efforts as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to prepare the Navy for war and would have liked to have seen Theodore Roosevelt stay on. Vidoe: Theodore Roosevelt walking in front of the White House
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Theodore Roosevelt loved animals and especially birds. He worked tirelessly to save land for both people and animals. Watch this short video about birds and Roosevelt's action to save them!
Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed spending time outdoors! Taking out a rowboat and rowing around Oyster Bay was on of Theodore Roosevelt's many outdoor past times. #TheodoreRoosevelt #THRB #FindYourPark #SagamoreHill
On April 13, 1911 Theodore Roosevelt went to Roosevelt, AZ to dedicate Roosevelt Dam. To celebrate this occurrence and discuss more about Theodore Roosevelt's legacy, the Roosevelt Memorial Association created the following silent black and white film. #TheodoreRoosevelt #THRB #FindYourPark Film: Silent black and white educational film about Theodore Roosevelt
Our National Parks are just as beautiful with snow covering them! However, due to inclement weather, Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site will be closing at 3pm today. We will re-open tomorrow morning at 9am, with free tours at 10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, and 4pm. Video that pans across the front of Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site with snow falling.
Happy Super Bowl Sunday! President Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed football and thought that the football phrase “don’t flinch, don’t foul, hit the line hard” was "a good rule of life." #TheodoreRoosevelt #THRB #FindYourPark #SuperBowl #SuperBowlSunday Video: President Theodore Roosevelt walking across the football field during the Army-Navy game during half-time.
Thank you everyone who came to celebrate Colonel Theodore Roosevelt’s 160th birthday yesterday, October 27! #thrb #TheodoreRoosevelt, #findyourpark Video of two park rangers singing "Happy Birthday" to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt.
Today, Air Force One is considered a symbol of the presidency, but did you know after departing the White House, Theodore Roosevelt became the first President to fly in an airplane on October 11, 1910. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the first president to fly in a plane while in office. #THRB #TheodoreRoosevelt #FindYourPark Skip to 2 minutes and 17 seconds to see Theodore Roosevelt prepare for take off and then fly! This 3 minute 36 second video shows Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's flight in Arch Hoxsey's plane at St. Louis in 1910. Source: Library of Congress.
A National Park site consisting of Theodore Roosevelt's reconstructed childhood home. Free public tours are offered at 10 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, and 4 pm
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