President Theodore Roosevelt's Unique Accomplishments
The 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment – Rough Riders, Inc. is formed for the purpose of
creating and perpetuating a living memorial to the unique accomplishments of President
Theodore Roosevelt and the members of the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
known as the "Rough Riders."
A Legacy That Shaped a Nation
Explore TR's Achievements
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Teddy Roosevelt & Equal Rights for Women
John Gable of the Theodore Roosevelt Association comments on Theodore Roosevelt's
career and his steadfast support of the Women's Suffrage movement — a stance
ahead of its time for an American president.
Look back at football's brutal beginnings and President Theodore Roosevelt's
remarkable quest to save the sport from abolition — transforming American
athletics in the process.
Awarded "for his role in bringing to an end the bloody war recently waged between
two of the world's great powers, Japan and Russia" — Roosevelt became the first
American to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
After becoming president in 1901, Roosevelt established 150 national forests,
51 federal bird reserves, four national game preserves, five national parks,
and 18 national monuments — over 230 million acres of public land preserved.
President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States
goal — a trans-isthmian canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and
reshaping global commerce forever.
Sympathetic to both business and labor, Roosevelt deftly avoided major labor
strife — most notably negotiating a landmark settlement to the great Coal
Strike of 1902, averting a national energy crisis.
One of the most beloved icons in American culture traces its origin directly
to Theodore Roosevelt — and to a bear hunting trip in Mississippi in 1902
that captured the imagination of the nation.
