Theodore Roosevelt's time in Cuba makes him an American hero, and many at home urge him to run for Governor of New York. He is elected governor in 1898, and soon begins to implement progressive ...

His father, Theodore Roosevelt Sr., was a descendant of the ... later to be known as the "Rough Riders," whose exploits in Cuba became the stuff of national legend. Roosevelt returned as a war ...

Challenges “Lose no time coming” was the message to Theodore Roosevelt as President McKinley lay dying from ... However, as he knew from first-hand experience fighting in Cuba during the War of 1898, ...

Former President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt did a whistle-stop tour of Schuylkill County towns in October 1914. After arriving in Tamaqua on October 26, he journeyed to Pottsville, where he spoke at ...

Each recruit had to be a good shot be able to ride anything in the line of horseflesh, a rough and ready fighter, and above ...

On Jan. 6, 1919, former President Theodore Roosevelt died in his sleep in Oyster ... States victory at the Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba. In 1901, President William McKinley was assassinated ...

Santiago de Cuba “It would’ve been captured by the first U.S. volunteer cavalry under the command of Theodore Roosevelt, on July 1st, 1898, at the battle of San Juan Hill. So this is captured ...

Former President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt did a whistle-stop tour ... the Rough Riders in the charge up San Juan Hill in Cuba during the Spanish-American War in 1898. His foreign policy ...