The result was that by secret agreement draft machinery was actually ready long before the country knew that the device was to take the place of the volunteering method which Theodore Roosevelt favored.

While here, visit Theodore Roosevelt National Park for its spectacular scenery.

Of course, while in this vicinity you won't want to miss a visit to Mount Rushmore National Memorial where on the side of a mountain are the famous sculptures of Presidents Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt.

Chauncey Depew, one-time runner-up for the Republican Presidential nomination, was attending a convention at Saratoga, where he was scheduled to nominate Colonel Theodore Roosevelt for Governor of New York when he noticed that the temporary chairman was a man he had never met.

And their roles are paralleled by those of Patrick Henry, Nathan Hale, Andrew Jackson, Davy Crockett, Theodore Roosevelt and many, many more.

Active warfare is raging between the forces pressing for a monument to the first Roosevelt on Theodore Roosevelt Island in the Potomac, and TR.'s own living children, who wish to preserve the island as a wildlife sanctuary.

* 1902 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile.

* 1861 – Edith Roosevelt, American wife of Theodore Roosevelt, 27th First Lady of the United States ( d. 1948 )

* 1910 – Theodore Roosevelt made his The Man in the Arena speech.

Beginning in 1906, Pennsylvania conservationist Major Israel McCreight of Du Bois, Pennsylvania argued that President Theodore Roosevelt ’ s conservation speeches were limited to businessmen in the lumber industry and recommended a campaign of youth education and a national policy on conservation education.

On April 15, 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt issued an Arbor Day Proclamation to the School Children of the United States about the importance of trees and that forestry deserves to be taught in our schools.

On August 20, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt established the Alexander Archipelago Forest Reserve, which formed the heart of the Tongass National Forest that covers most of the region.

Theodore Roosevelt delivered an address at Throop Institute on March 21, 1911, and he declared:

Former U. S. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt attended the law school.

Image: President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904. jpg | Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States and Nobel Laureate, Columbia Law School

In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt threatened to ban the sport following a series of player deaths from injuries suffered during games. The deaths and injuries were a result of the mass formations and gang tackling that characterized the sport in its early years.

As a supporter of progressive policies, Hughes was able to play on the popularity of Theodore Roosevelt and weaken the power of the state's conservative Republican officials.

Theodore Roosevelt became an important supporter of Hughes.

* 1904 – Theodore Roosevelt announced his " Corollary " to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.

The largest of these installations were the former Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Ceiba, the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, and the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility ( AFWTF ) on Vieques ( all now closed ), the National Guard training facility at Camp Santiago in Salinas, the Army's Fort Buchanan in San Juan, the former U. S. Air Force Ramey Air Force Base in Aguadilla, and the Puerto Rico Air National Guard at Muñiz Air Force base in San Juan.

In all, Roosevelt wrote about 18 books ( each in several editions ), including his Autobiography, The Rough Riders History of the Naval War of 1812, and others on subjects such as ranching, explorations, and wildlife.

** WWII: U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Naval Expansion Act into law, which aims to increase the United States Navy's tonnage by 11 %.

Because of Roosevelt ’ s confidence in the Navy, the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard was specifically selected as the site of the negotiations and charged with the delicate responsibility for providing the diplomatic protocols for peace.

At that event, the president of the Theodore Roosevelt Association presented a bust of TR to the commander of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, and the Portsmouth Peace Treaty Forum chairman presented an authentic replica of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Shipyard for their Building 86 museum.

One year later, on June 26, President Theodore Roosevelt established the Culebra Naval Reservation.

In 2008, VAL added a new route between Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport ( VQS ) in Vieques and the new José Aponte de la Torre Airport ( RVR ) at the former Roosevelt Roads Naval Base in Ceiba, shortening the flight between Vieques and the Puerto Rican mainland to seven or eight minutes in a Cessna Caravan.

When President Theodore Roosevelt mediated the 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth to end the Russo-Japanese War, envoys from both countries stayed at the Wentworth by the Sea, ferried by launch to negotiations held at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

Roosevelt made a campaign stop at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on August 12, 1944, giving a national radio address in front of a backdrop of civilian workers.

* Roosevelt Roads Naval Station a former U. S. Navy facility in Ceiba, Puerto Rico

On July 19, 1940, President Roosevelt signed the Two-Ocean Naval Expansion Act, which authorized the construction of two huge fleets in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters.

The details of these experiments were passed to the United States Naval Research Laboratory and National Defense Research Committee ( NDRC ) by the Tizard Mission in September 1940, in accordance with an informal agreement between Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt to exchange scientific information of potential military value.

* M3, a code name for a United States military mission at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Puerto Rico

However, with the protests and subsequent closing of the range, there was no longer any reason for Navy and Marine Corps forces to deploy to the Caribbean, and the closing of Vieques ' support base, U. S. Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, occurred on March 31, 2004.

* Roosevelt Roads Naval Station

The United States maintained a Navy SEAL commando unit, a 20 person team known as Naval Special Warfare Detachment 1 ( The other overseas Naval Special Warfare Detachments, 2 and 3 were based at Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, and Subic Bay, Philippines ) at the base and the Royal Marines occasionally use the facility for training exercises.

Both President Roosevelt and the Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox agreed, and in May 1942 Morison was commissioned as a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Naval Reserve, and assigned a staff of assistants, with permission to go anywhere and to see all official records.

The park is named for Admiral William Standley, who commanded the battleship California from 1926 to 1927, and later the United States battle fleet at San Pedro, Los Angeles, until appointed Chief of Naval Operations by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.

* Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., Son of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Congressman, Naval Officer

* 1941 – World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.

* 1943 – World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins.

Chiang Kai-shek, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill met at the Cairo Conference ( 1943 ) | Cairo Conference in 1943 during World War II. With the attack on Pearl Harbor and the opening of the Pacific War, China became one of the Allied Powers.

Casablanca was an important strategic port during World War II and hosted the Casablanca Conference in 1943, in which Churchill and Roosevelt discussed the progress of the war.

It happened during the Spanish-American War at the turn of the century when Teddy Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and Americans in large numbers arrived in Cuba.

The shield was cast by American metallurgist Dr. Myron MacLain, who was contracted by the U. S. government, from orders of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, to create an impenetrable substance to use for tanks during World War II.

Roosevelt made his request to Congress on March 21, 1933 ; the legislation was submitted to Congress the same day ; Congress passed it by voice vote on the 31st ; Roosevelt signed it the same day, then issued an executive order on April 5 creating the agency, appointing its director ( Fechner ), and assigning War Department corps area commanders the task to commence enrollment.

United States Executive Order 9066 was a United States presidential executive order signed and issued during World War II by U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, authorizing the Secretary of War to prescribe certain areas as military zones.

* 1942 – World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese-Americans to Japanese internment camps.

* 1942 – World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.

* 1945 – World War II: The Yalta Conference between the " Big Three " ( Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin ) opens at the Livadia Palace in the Crimea.

In 1941, during the run-up to American involvement in World War II, President Roosevelt appointed LaGuardia first director of the new Office of Civilian Defense ( OCD ).

Allies at War: The Bitter Rivalry among Churchill, Roosevelt, and de Gaulle.

* 1940 – World War II: U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions with his " Stab in the Back " speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.

* 1941 – World War II: in response to the Japanese occupation of French Indochina, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States.

* 1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.

* 2001 – US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish – American War.

During World War II, to raise money for war bonds, Cagney took part in racing exhibitions at the Roosevelt Raceway and sold seats for the premiere of Yankee Doodle Dandy.

* 1942 – World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.

* 1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.

* 1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel via airplane while in office when he travels from Miami, Florida to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill.