• A 1901 sketch of Theodore Roosevelt taking the oath of office in Buffalo, NY.

    Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural

    National Historic Site New York

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In 1901, Buffalo celebrated the progress that had been made since settlement of the area about a century earlier. The world was invited to attend the Pan-American Exposition. This set into motion a chain of events that changed the nation.

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Theodore Roosevelt receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.

Theodore Roosevelt was the first American to win the Nobel Peace Prize.  He received it for his contribution to negotiating the Treaty of Portsmouth, ending the Russo-Japanese War.