The New York District joined the National Park Service in
commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace
National Historic Site by offering visitors a special pictorial cancellation.
The Roosevelt
family lived at 28 East 20th Street in Manhattan until 1872 when Theodore Jr.
was 14 years old. The house that stands there today was reconstructed in 1923
to reflect what Theodore Jr.'s home looked like while he lived there. The
National Park Service has administered the museum site since 1963.
Forever associated
with organizing the Rough Riders––a volunteer
cavalry regiment that fought in Cuba during the Spanish-American War–– the
26th President of the United States championed antitrust laws (restricts
monopolies by big business), was a force behind the completion of the Panama
Canal, and as an outdoors man and naturalist, promoted conservation.
Roosevelt's
policies were characterized by his famous slogan, "Speak softly and carry
a big stick" and were instrumental in negotiating and end to the
Russo-Japanese War, which won him the Nobel Prize in 1905. He died in 1919.  |
| Visitor Herb Niemirow looks on as SSA Evelyn Boyd cancels commemorative cachet at Theodore Roosevelt National Historic Site |
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| Commemorative Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace Cachet with special 50th Anniversary cancellation |