Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Did you know that Wichita Game Preserve (now Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge) was the first game preserve that #TR created? Later, he created federal game preserves at Grand Canyon National Park, Fire Island in Alaska, and National Bison Range Refuge Complex in Montana. Discover and explore these parks today! #20/20parkvision. Photograph of Bison (from U.S. Fish and Wild Life Service)

"No man can do both effective and decent work in public life unless he is a practical politician on the one hand, and a sturdy believer in Sunday-school politics on the other. He must always strive manfully for the best, and yet, like Abraham Lincoln, must often resign himself to accept the best possible." #TheodoreRoosevelt #WiseWords #history #TheodoreRooseveltBirthplace New York State Assemblyman Theodore Roosevelt's speech at Buffalo, New York, "The Duties of American Citizenship" (January 26, 1883)

Theodore's Thursday Thoughts: "Bodily Vigor is good and vigor of the intellect is even better, but far above both is good character." #TheodoreRoosevelt #TheodoreRooseveltBirthplace #FindyourPark -The Strenuous Life... image: black and white photo of Theodore Roosevelt.

Today we can easily communicate with people in Britain, but in 1903 #OTD January 19th, the first two-way #communication between Theodore Roosevelt and King Edward VII occurred through Morse code. Theodore Roosevelt praised the technology and wished the British people well. How has communication technology changed during your lifetime? #TheodoreRoosevelt #KingEdwardVII #TheodoreRooseveltBirthplace #technology Images: Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt sitting in chair next to a globe. Photograph of King Edward VII standing up. The telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to King Edward VII

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace remains closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Please take a moment to read this press release and learn what we are doing to protect our visitors, employees, volunteers, and partners, how to do your part, and where to find the latest NPS updates and CDC guidance. Please stay healthy and safe. The NPS cares! https://www.nps.gov//THRB-3-19-2020-TEMPLATE-NPS-Press-Rel

Join #ParkRangers & Presidential Primary Sources Project on Jan. 28th at 11am & 2 pm EST as they host a #VirtualTour of #TheodoreRooseveltBirthplaceNationalHistoricSite #HistoryAlive #TheodoreRoosevelt #PresidentialBirthplaces #NYC #FindYourPark #NationalParks #virtualprogramming Screen shot of Ranger in upper right corner giving a slideshow presentation. On slide is an arrowhead icon and words "the mission of the National Park Service preserves unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the National Park System for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations."

"No nation..can exist unless it practices- practices, mind you, not merely preaches- civic honesty, civic decency, civic righteousness. No nation can permanently prosper unless the...golden rule [is] its guides in public life as in private life." (Oklahoma City, July 3) Image: A sepia portrait photograph of TR. #TheodoreRoosevelt #TheodoreRooseveltBirthplace #FindYourPark

#OTD January 16,1906, the Algeciras Conference opens, with #TheodoreRoosevelt hoping to mediate a disagreement between France and Germany over Morocco. Image: Political cartoon from Harper’s Weekly magazine entitled Morocco via Algeciras. President Roosevelt marches, with his famous Big Stick resting over his right shoulder, in front of a long line of elephants, armored as tanks. Source: Library of Congress.

#OTD (December 10, 1906) Trivia! Which of these statements in inaccurate? 1) Theodore Roosevelt was the first person from the United States to be awarded a #NobelPeacePrize. 2) Theodore Roosevelt accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in person.... 3) Theodore uses the prize money as a foundation to establish a permanent industrial peace committee. #TreatyofPortsmouth #TheodoreRoosevelt #FindYourPark Read the acceptance speech here: https://www.nobelprize.org//1/roosevelt/acceptance-speech/ Image: Theodore Roosevelt portrait along with the portraits of the rulers of diplomats involved in the Russo-Japanese War.

Theodore's Thursday Thought: "As long as this Republic endures or its history is known, so long shall the memory of the Battle of Gettysburg likewise endure and be known; and as long as the English tongue is understood, so long shall Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg speech thrill the hearts of mankind..." -Gettysburg, PA (May 30, 1904)... Image: black and white photograph of Theodore Roosevelt giving a speech (Library of Congress) #TheodoreRoosevelt #TheodoreRooseveltBirthplace #President #speech

This week in history, George Washington was elected to a second term. Later, he refuses a third term, setting a precedent that President Theodore Roosevelt follows after his election in 1904. Promising he would adhere to the two-term precedent, he later regretted this decision, prompting him to run a third term in 1912. What influenced his change of mind? #TheodoreRoosevelt #Elections #Politics #GeorgeWashington #Presidents #TheodoreRooseveltBirthplace Image: Political cartoon entitled "Anti-Third Term Principle" by Clifford K. Berryman satirizing Roosevelt's reversal of of anti-third term promise. Source: National Archives.

In 1823, the #MonroeDoctrine was articulated by #President #JamesMonroe in his 7th address to Congress. According to Monroe, European powers were to respect the Western Hemisphere as within the United States' sphere of influence. Fast forward to 1904, European countries threatened armed intervention to collect debts from South American countries. #OTD in 1904, #President #TheodoreRoosevelt issues the "Roosevelt Corollary" in his annual message to Congress reasserting the pri...nciples of the Monroe Doctrine. #TheodoreRooseveltBirthplace Images: A cartoon drawing of Theodore Roosevelt of him shoe-less walking through the Caribbean Sea carrying a big Stick in one hand, and towing miniature foreign naval vessels behind him in the other. Two pages of Roosevelt's Corollary, a page from 1823 Monroe Doctrine (source: ourdocuments.gov), and two cartoons relating to the Roosevelt Corollary. See more