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Why Teddy Roosevelt Tried to Bully His Way Onto the WWI Battlefield

Tensions ran high when President Wilson quashed the return of the former president’s Rough Riders
by Erick Trickey via Smithsonian on April 10, 2017
A family affair: Roosevelt was just 31 in 1913, when President Woodrow Wilson appointed him assistant secretary of the U.S. Navy — a post previously held by his cousin Teddy.

The Making of FDR

Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s struggle against polio transformed him into the man who led the country through the Great Depression and World War II.
by Jonathan Darman via The Saturday Evening Post on April 5, 2024
Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge.

“One of the Greatest in US History”: The Friendship Between Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge

The relationship between two true believers in American exceptionalism.
by Laurence Jurdem via Literary Hub on July 28, 2023
Members of the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps pose on Minerva Terrace at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park in 1896. From Montana Historical Society.

The Black Buffalo Soldiers Who Biked Across the American West

In 1897, the 25th Infantry Regiment Bicycle Corps embarked on a 1,900-mile journey from Montana to Missouri.
by David Kindy via Smithsonian on June 14, 2022
Poster for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
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Where the Buffalo Roam

How Buffalo Bill’s Wild West brought scenes from the American West to audiences around the globe.
via BackStory on March 1, 2013

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