• 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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"If the proper study of mankind is man, then the proper study of a Nation is its own history, and all true patriots should endeavor to encourage in every way the associations which record the great deeds, and the successes and failures alike, of the forefathers of their people."

- Theodore Roosevelt, 24 January 1893

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