Theodore Roosevelt Association

NATIONAL TRA ANNUAL MEETING

The 88th Annual Meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, Boston, MA, Oct 25-28, 2007

Spotlighting:

TR at Harvard, TR and the Modern Navy, The Russo-Japanese Peace Treaty

UPCOMING WASHINGTON STATE CHAPTER EVENTS

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE GREAT WHITE FLEET COMING TO SEATTLE

May 23, 2008

You might have seen a Theodore Roosevelt reenactor, but have you ever seen a reenactment of the Great White Fleet?

SAVE THE DATE!

In 2006 a new chapter was started in Washington State. WATRA, as it is known, has grown steadily since that time. WATRA, in conjunction with the Seattle Navy League, will be hosting the Centennial Celebration of the arrival of TR's Great White Fleet into Seattle, May 23, 2008. Early in 2007, the TRA began to push recruiting, appointing Michele Bryant of Seattle, WA, who was heavily involved in activities of the US Navy's USS Theodore Roosevelt, as the wife of one of its former Commanding Officers, as the chair of the national membership committee. In the summer of 2007, TRA members set up a information table at the Dickinson State University Theodore Roosevelt Symposium where they answered questions, handed out information packets and took membership applications from students at a new lower rate. Flyers on the 2007 TRA Annual Meeting in Boston were also handed out. The Director of the school's Theodore Roosevelt Honors Leadership Program, Dr. Jon L. Brudvig, Ph.D. and several other faculty members including TR Scholar-in-Residence, Clay Jenkinson, indicated interest in starting a new TRA chapter at the University. Organizational materials are being prepared for them.