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The 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment Rough Riders, Inc. (hereinafter “Rough Riders”) 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.”

Teddy Roosevelt and Equal Rights for Women

John Gable of the Theodore Roosevelt Association comments on Theodore Roosevelt's career and his support of the Woman's Suffrage movement.

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Teddy Roosevelt and Football

Look back at football’s brutal beginnings and President Theodore Roosevelt’s quest to save the sport from abolition.

The Nobel Peace Prize 1906

Prize motivation: “for his role in bringing to an end the bloody war recently waged between two of the world's great powers, Japan and Russia”

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The Conservation Legacy of Teddy Roosevelt

After becoming president in 1901, Roosevelt used his authority to establish 150 national forests, 51 federal bird reserves, four national game preserves, five national parks and 18 national monuments on over 230 million acres of public land. Today, the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt is found across the country.

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Teddy Roosevelt and the Panama Canal

President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal—a trans-isthmian canal. 

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Labor Relations

Sympathetic to both business and labor, Roosevelt avoided labor strike, most notably negotiating a settlement to the great Coal Strike of 1902

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