And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
In 1880, Roosevelt married socialite Alice Hathaway Lee.[371] Their daughter, Alice Lee Roosevelt, was born on February 12, 1884. Two days later, the new mother died of undiagnosed kidney failure, on the same day as Roosevelt's mother Martha died of typhoid fever.
Bully !
ReplyDeleteOne of the best presidents to ever grace the White House!
ReplyDeleteAt that time he was considered a 'progressive '.
ReplyDeleteTimes change.
One of those boys died on the beach in Normandy.
ReplyDeleteanother was a pilot in WWI who was killed in France
DeleteIn 1880, Roosevelt married socialite Alice Hathaway Lee.[371] Their daughter, Alice Lee Roosevelt, was born on February 12, 1884. Two days later, the new mother died of undiagnosed kidney failure, on the same day as Roosevelt's mother Martha died of typhoid fever.
ReplyDeleteTR definitely carried a big stick.
ReplyDeleteI believe there is a photo of him looking out the window at Lincoln's funeral procession which is kind of wild.
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