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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic SiteSaved by a book and a glasses case - Theodore Roosevelt was injured but survived an assassination attempt
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A closeup image of several people in a boat being towed along the Erie Canal.  

Did You Know?
Once known by skeptics as "Clinton's Ditch," the Erie Canal trumped its doubters by opening faster and cheaper transportation across New York State and advanced Euro-American settlement of the Northeast, Midwest, and Great Plains.

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