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In under a year, the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is expected to open its doors and begin welcoming visitors to North Dakota's Badlands.
In what year was Yellowstone National Park established as the world's first national park? Test your knowledge of Yellowstone National Park! Attempt this GK quiz on its location, wildlife, and facts ...
S OME 120 years on, few remember the outrage provoked by the awarding of the Nobel peace prize to Theodore Roosevelt, the ...
The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration” surveys the history of presidential memorialization, a complicated tale.
The same period also saw the entry into politics of another New Yorker whose career would be anything but “undistinguished:” Theodore Roosevelt.
To remember FDR, who profoundly changed America with his New Deal programs, take a look at some fascinating facts about his life and legacy.
After almost 41 years of living in the Bay Area, I’d somehow never managed to visit the John Muir National Historic site in Martinez. So, when entertaining out-of-town guests recently, I decided that ...
It cost $3 million to build in 1882, the equivalent of around $98 million today ... that allowed an elite few to hoard enormous amounts of wealth, President Theodore Roosevelt imposed new limits on ...
North Dakota’s Badlands inspired Roosevelt’s rise to the presidency. Now, a state-of-the-art library honors that transformation.
Some of history’s greatest profiles include people who also lived with the hallmarks of bipolar disorder — impulsivity, ...