Theodore Roosevelt's Holidays
Theodore Roosevelt kept the holidays with the same energy he brought to everything else: a long ride on Thanksgiving, stockings on Christmas morning, a campaign speech on his birthday. Follow him through the days of the year that meant the most to his family, in his own letters and diaries.
Birthday
Theodore Roosevelt’s Birthday
Born October 27, 1858, he married on his 22nd birthday and spent his 50th on horseback.
Timeline of T.R.’s Birthdays
Where he was on October 27, from boyhood in Europe to his last birthday at Sagamore Hill.
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving with Theodore Roosevelt
Newsboys’ dinners, a Badlands Thanksgiving and his presidential proclamations.
Timeline of T.R.’s Thanksgivings
From Harvard to the White House to a New York hospital.
Christmas
Christmas with Theodore Roosevelt
Archie’s secret tree, the Cove School and his last Christmas at Sagamore Hill.
Timeline of T.R.’s Christmases
From a hotel in Rome to the White House and Sagamore Hill.
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From the Archives
Letters, cartoons and photographs about T.R.’s holidays from the Theodore Roosevelt Center.