Theodore Roosevelt for Kids: His Life and Times, 21 Activities
Roosevelt s request to serve in World War I January 6 1919 Theodore Roosevelt dies in his sleep at Sagamore
Preface The Once and Future President President Theodore Roosevelt wore strands of Abraham Lincoln's hair in this ring at his second inauguration in 1905 Sagamore Hill National Historic Site National Park Service ON THE afternoon of April 24 1865 a family gathered for a sorry task at the home of its leading member Cornelius Roo sevelt Grandfather Roosevelt's windows overlooked Broadway one of New York City's main streets As the Roosevelts and their friends crowded to watch at the windows a funeral procession passed below The parade wound on for blocks as 11 000 military men and another 75 000 ordinary citizens walked by They marched to honor the man whose coffin was pulled by a team of 16 black robed horses The dead man was President Abraham Lincoln Ten days before an assassin had shot and killed him Two Roosevelts who peered out the windows were small boys Theodore and Elliott Theodore whose family called him Teedie was six and a half years old President Lincoln was his hero Lin coln had just won the Civil War when the Union fought against the Confederate South to preserve the United States of America as one nation No one looking out of Grandfather Roosevelt's windows could guess that 36 years from that afternoon Theodore would be president of the United States Nor did they know that as he took the presidential oath of office for a second time Theodore
Roosevelt would wear strands of Abraham Lincoln's hair in a ring on his right hand Theodore and Elliott Roosevelt watch from the second floor window of their grandfather's home as Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession passes below Sagamore Hill National Historic Site National Park Service
Teedie IN THE dark hours of night in the mid 1860s a gas lamp flared in an upstairs room There in bed a small boy sat up gasping Asthma had attacked him and he could not breathe The little boy's father a wealthy New Yorker ordered servants to the livery stable nearby The father scooped up his son bun dled him warmly and carried him downstairs and outside In moments a carriage and horses appeared The father got in and placed the little boy beside him Taking the reins himself the father flicked his whip and urged his horses into action The open carriage rumbled down the Manhattan streets through the fresh night air Block after block they drove as the little boy wheezed trying to catch his breath Then more miles to travel the horses clopping a steady calming beat until the lit tle boy’s gasps gave way to puffs and finally gulps as air filled his lungs Teedie Roosevelt could breathe Again his father had come to his aid as only a boy's father could To Teedie his father seemed like the strong minded Great Heart whom he had read about in a book called Pilgrim's Progress Teedie's name was Theodore Roosevelt just like his father's Theodore Roosevelt Sr was one of New York's leading citizens the seventh Roosevelt to make his home on the island of Man hattan The family had its roots in Holland and its members
