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On April
27, 1900, TR gave a speech in Galena, Ill., saying, "It is
character that counts in a nation as in a man."
On May 2, 2001, Theodore Roosevelt III, grandson of President Theodore
Roosevelt, died at the age of 86.
On July 1, 1898, TR fought in the battle of San Juan Heights.
On July 4, 1886, TR gave a speech in Dickinson, Dakota Territory
saying, “"It is not what we have that will make us a great nation; it
is the way in which we use it.”
On July 14, 1918, TR's son Quentin is killed in France. He was a
fighter pilot.
On July 27, 1904, TR made his presidential acceptance address at Oyster
Bay, New York, saying, "I am deeply sensible of the high honor
conferred upon me by the representatives of the Republican party
assembled in convention, and I accept the nomination for the presidency
with solemn realization of the obligations I assume."
On July
27, 1904, TR made his presidential acceptance address at Oyster Bay,
New York, saying,
"I am deeply sensible of the high honor conferred upon me by the
representatives of the Republican party assembled in convention,
and I accept the nomination for the presidency with solemn
realization of the obligations I assume."
On Aug. 1, 1861, TR's wife Edith Kermit Carow was born.
On Aug. 1, 1883, TR joined the National Guard.
Between Aug. 5 and Aug. 7, 1912, the new Progressive Party held its
convention in Chicago. Delegates nominated TR for president.
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