President Theodore Roosevelt Limited Edition 13" Talking Action Figure N0S

Description: IF YOU WERE HEARING TALK ABOUT SOME "ROUGH RIDERS" BATTLING AT SAN JUAN HILL, YOU MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT A ROUDY GROUP WAS HAVING A RALLY ON A MOUNTAIN SOMEWHERE AND "TAKIN' NAMES"...OR MAYBE A PACK OF NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS WERE COMPETING WITH THEIR ATVs AND OFF-ROAD DUNE BUGGYS, BLOWIN' DUST AND MUD, WREAKING HAVOC ON THOSE ROCKY CLIFFS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN...IN EITHER CASE, THAT MIGHT BE TRUE, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKIN' ABOUT IN THIS SET.......THE ROUGH RIDERS WE SPEAK OF WERE A VOLUNTEER GROUP OF THE U.S. FIRST CALVARY, WHO WREAKED HAVOC IN 1898 IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR...THEY WERE A REGIMENT LED BY FORMER, ASST SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, AND SOON TO BE PRESIDENT, THEODORE "TEDDY" ROOSEVELT. HE WAS COMMANDING AN AD HOC GROUP OF TEMPORARY SOLDIERS AS PART OF A CALVARY DIVISION...TEDDY, OR "THE COLONEL" AS HE PREFERRED, LED AN ECLECTIC AND DIVERSE GROUP THAT RAN THE GAMUT, DESCRIBED AS "A COLLECTION OF WESTERN COWBOYS TO EASTERN BLUE BLOODS"... ...ROOSEVELT'S 1ST VOLUNTEER U.S. CALVARY, CONSOLODATED WITH THE "BUFFALO SOLDIERS", THE 9TH AND 10TH CALVARY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS... IT IS REPORTED THAT THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS FLANKED ROOSEVELT'S VOLUNTEERS CONQUERING "KETTLE HILL"...BEGINNING ON HIS HORSE, "THE COLONEL" ORDERED THE ADVANCE WITH ALL SOLDIERS CAPTURING THE HILL ON FOOT... AFTER WHICH, SAN JUAN HILL TO THE LEFT, ULTIMATELY THEY WOULD TAKE SEIGE OF SANTIAGO, CUBA THE FOLLOWING DAY... ROOSEVELT AND THE ROUGH RIDERS WOULD MAKE NEWS HEADLINES AS HEROES... IT WOULD BE HIS FINEST MOMENT WHEN HE LATER STATED IT WAS "THE GREAT DAY OF MY LIFE"... ..SO HOW DID TEDDY DEVELOP "THE RIGHT STUFF", TO BE A LEADER AND HERO?LONG BEFORE THAT WAR, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JR WAS BORN OCTOBER 27, 1858 WITH ASTHMA, AND DESCRIBED AS A "SICKLY" BOY...THOUGH HIS CONDITION WOULD HAMPER HIM VERY LITTLE, AS AN OUTGOING YOUNGSTER, HE WAS MUCH DETERMINED IN OVERCOMING HIS HEALTH PROBLEMS... DISCOVERING EXERCISE COULD MINIMIZE HIS CONDITION (AND GET "RIPPED" AT THE SAME TIME), HE DEVELOPED A WORK-OUT ROUTINE...HE WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME AN OUTDOORSMAN AND SPORTSMAN, DEVELOPING A MASCULINE, MACHO TYPE PERSONALITY...HIS INTERESTS IN ANIMALS AND ZOOLOGY ATTRACTED HIM TO TAXIDERMY, AND WAS QUITE WELL-ROUNDED BEING EDUCATIONALLY HOME-SCHOOLED... HE ATTENDED HARVARD COLLEGE (UNIVERSITY), JOINED THE DELTA KAPPA EPSILON FRAT, WAS A MEMBER OF THE ALPHA DELTA PHI LIT SOCIETY, AND EDITOR OF THE HARVARD ADVOCATE, ART AND LITERARY PUB...UNFORTUNATELY, HIS FATHER PASSED ON WHILE AT HARVARD, AND TO ABSORB THE PAIN OUR TEDDY R GOT INVOLVED IN OTHER EXTRA-CURRICULARS, PARTICIPATING WITH THE CRIMSON'S CREW CLUB AND THROWING JABS IN THE BOXING RING... COMMENCEMENT IN 1880 BESTOWED PHI BETA KAPPA AND MAGNA CUM LAUDE. HE MARRIED ALICE HATHAWAY LEE, THE SAME YEAR HE GRADUATED AND ATTENDING LAW SCHOOL AT COLUMBIA WAS AMONG HIS EXPANSIVE PURSUITS...HE AUTHORED THE BOOK "THE NAVAL WAR OF 1812"... WHEN PUBLISHED IN 1882, IT WAS A VERY DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF NAVAL ACTIVITY DURING THE WAR AND NOW CONSIDERED AN AUTHORITATIVE PUB AS A REFERENCE TO THIS DAY... ...HE ENTERED POLITICS AS A NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLYMAN IN '82, HAVING LEFT COLUMBIA, THEN FIGHTING CORRUPTION... JOY AND HEARTBREAK CAME AT THE SAME TIME WITH HIS FIRST CHILD ON FEBRUARY 12, 1884, AND NAMED AFTER HIS WIFE, BABY ALICE LEE ROOSEVELT...WOEFULLY, HIS WIFE OF FOUR YEARS WOULD SUCCUMB TO KIDNEY FAILURE TWO DAYS LATER...THIS WOULD BE THE 2ND TRAGEDY IN HOURS, HAVING LOST HIS MOTHER A DAY EARLIER ...THE GRIEF STRICKEN 24-YEAR-OLD, WOULD BE THE FATHER OF A NEWBORN, WITHOUT A WIFE, NOR MOTHER TO MEET THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF CARE AND UPBRINGING... GRATEFULLY HIS OLDER SISTER "ANNA", STEPPED IN FOR A YEAR OF GUARDIANSHIP FOR HER NEICE, WHILE T.R. PUT THE PEICES BACK TOGETHER AND SUNK HIMSELF INTO WORK AND POLITICS... HE WOULD GAIN ATTENTION IN THE GOP, BUT DROPPED OUT OF POLITICS ABRUPTLY TO START HIS RANCH,"ELKHORN" IN NORTH DAKOTAWHILE LIVING THE "FRONTIER" LIFE, ROUGHING IT OUTSIDE OF "URBANIA", HE WAS GREATLY INVOLVED WITH THE WESTERN CULTURE AND BECAME MUCH MORE THAN A POLITICAL INTELLECTUAL. HERETURNED TO THE EAST, DURING WHICH, HE REMARRIED A CHILDHOOD FRIEND IN 1886, EDITH KERMIT CAROW IN LONDON, ENGLAND... FROM THEIR UNION CAME FIVE KIDS IN TEN YEARS, FROM 1887, STARTING WITH TED III, KERMIT '89, ETHEL '91, ARCHIBALD '94, QUENTIN '97, AND ALL JOINED ALICE, FORMING A FAMILY OF (8)HE WAS APPOINTED TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION IN WASHINGTON, DC., WAGING AN ASSAULT AGAINST THE 'SPOILS SYSTEM" AND "PATRONAGE POSITIONS"...IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF PUBLIC OFFICE THAT WOULD DEFINE HIS STANCE ON ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT AND COMMERCE IN HIS CAREER. HE CARRIED THAT STANCE WHEN HE BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE COMMISSIONERS, REFORMING THE POLICE FORCE. HE ADOPTED NEW OPERATIONAL REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES FOR HIRING, DESIGNED TO PROMOTE EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY STANDARDS. HE PERSONALLY BEAT THE STREETS WITH PATROLMEN IN CROSS-SECTIONS OF THE CITY.HE GOT NOTICED, SPECIFICALLY BY 25TH PRESIDENT, WILLIAM MCKINLEY, WHO TOOK OFFICE IN 1897, APPOINTING TED AS THE ASST SECRATARY OF THE NAVY....HE STRONGLY ARGUED FOR MILITARY NATIONAL SECURITY AND THAT SPAIN BE EJECTED FROM CUBA...ON FEBRUARY 15, 1898, NO FURTHER ARGUMENT WAS NECESSARY WHEN THE USS MAINE EXPLODED, WHILE DOCKED IN HAVANA, CUBA... UNPROVOKED, AND KILLING HUNDREDS, CONGRESS WOULD DECLARE WAR ON SPAIN... IT WAS THEN HE WOULD RIDE AND FIGHT HIS WAY TO NATIONAL ATTENTION IN CUBA...WHEN THE ROUGH RIDERS RETURNED TO NEW YORK FROM WAR, ROOSEVELT RETURNED TO OFFICE BECOMING GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, WINNING THE '98 ELECTION... MORE ETHICS INCLUDED HIS PLAN OF THE "SQUARE DEAL" PROMOTING "HONESTY IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS", PROVIDING AN "EQUITABLE SHARING OF PRIVILEGE AND RESPONSIBILITY", REDUCING INEQUALITY ON THE STATE LEVEL ...T.R. WOULD WIN THE NOMINATION FOR VICE PRESIDENT UNDER MCKINLEY, WHO WON BY A LANDSLIDE.AS V.P., WITH VERY LITTLE POWER OR ACTIVITY, HE WAS RELATIVELY BORED, THOUGH WOULD CHAMPION THE FAMOUS PHRASE, "TALK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK" FOR FOREIGN POLICY, TO HAVE POWER (BIG STICK) UNDER CONTROL AS TO ACT MEEKLY, AND POUNCE, WHEN NECESSARY...THAT PHILOSOPHY WAS QUOTED LESS THAN A WEEK BEFORE PRESIDENT MCKINLEY WAS ASSASINATED BY AN "ANARCIST" ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1901 IN BUFFALO, NY...THE PRESIDENT DIED ON THE 14TH, AS TED WOULD NOW ASSUME THE OFFICE OF COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF....THE SECOND PRESIDENT OF THE 20TH CENTURY, TEDDY ROOSEVELT WOULD BE THE YOUNGEST EVER TO TAKE OFFICE AT THE AGE OF 42. HE WAS VERY ASTUTE AND WOULD INSTITUTE QUITE A FEW POLICIES IN HIS "PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT". HIS "SQUARE DEAL" PHILOSOPHY IMPLIMENTED ON THE STATE LEVEL, WOULD ALSO BE IN FORCE IN NATIONAL DOMESTIC POLICIES PROMISING "FAIRNESS" FOR ALL...HE HELPED COAL MINERS RECEIVE BETTER CONDITIONS AND PAY, WHILE AVOIDING A STRIKE AND ENERGY SHORTAGE.THE SHERMAN, ANTI-TRUST ACT OF 1890, AND WITH T.R.'s EFFORTS HELPED BREAK UP TRUSTS, AS STANDARD OIL'S MONOPOLY FELL, ALONG WITH NEW RAILROAD REGULATIONS...BOOKER T WASHINGTON, A BLACK STATESMAN, WAS AMONG HIS FIRST GUESTS TO THE WHITE HOUSE, WHICH CREATED A NATIONAL UPROAR, THOUGH NOT SURPRISING FOR THE ERA. APPROPRIATELY BY THEN, T.R. WAS WELL EXPOSED AND VERSED SOCIALLY, AND HAD FOUGHT SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH BLACK SOLDIERS IN CUBA....HE KNEW THE CONTRIBUTIONS ALL AMERICANS HAD MADE AND REALIZED WHAT COULD BE MADE IN THE COUNTRY'S FORWARD DEVELOPMENT. AS A COALITION.THE WASHINGTON-ROOSEVELT ALLIANCE BUILT BRIDGES...OTHER PROGRESSIVE ACTS, AND ONE OF HIS FAVORITE IDEALS WAS HIS STANCE ON CONSERVATION...THE PRESERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES WAS A MAJOR FOCUS, INITIATING NATIONAL PARKS, MONUMENTS AND FORESTRY PROTECTION. HE ALSO EXPANDED THE NAVY, BEGAN THE PANAMA CANAL, AND RECEIVED THE 1906 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE IN NEGOTIATING THE TERMINATION OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE MADE WHILE IN OFFICE FOR TWO TERMS FROM 1901-1909...POLITICAL CARTOONISTS OFTEN MADE T.R. THE OBJECT OF THEIR SATTIRE WHEN A 1902 WASHINGTON POST CARTOON OF A ROOSEVELT HUNTING ADVENTURE GAVE INSPIRATION FOR THE STUFFED TOY THE "TEDDY BEAR", STILL IN POPULARITY 120 YEARS LATER...AFTER LEAVING OFFICE IN '09, HE ENDORSED WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT TO OFFICE. UNSATISFIED WITH TAFT, HE STARTED THE "PROGRESSIVE PARTY". AFTER LOSING IN 1912, THE ROUGH RIDER WENT ON EXPEDITIONS AND WHEN HIS HEALTH SLOWLY BEGAN TO DECLINE, HE PASSED ON IN 1919. "POLLS OF HISTORIANS AND POLITICAL SCIENTISTS HAVE RANKED TEDDY ROOSEVELT AS ONE OF THE FIVE BEST PRESIDENTS". THAT IS UNDERSTANDABLE, WHEN SEEN CAPTURED AMONG THE SPLENDOR OF MOUNT RUSHMORE, IN KEYSTONE, SOUTH DAKOTA, WITHIN THE BLACK HILLS.MOUNTAIN RANGE.POSSIBLY ROOSEVELT'S BEST KNOWN AND ENDURING LEGACY IS CARVED THERE AMONG THOSE OF WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON AND LINCOLN, REPRESENTING BIRTH, GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION, AS SUGGESTED AND AUTHORED BY, DESIGNER, GUTZON BORGLUM, SCULPTED FROM 1927 TO 1941... LIMITED EDITION TEDDY ROOSEVELT TALKING ACTION FIGURE FROM TOY PRESIDENTS. IT IS 13 INCHES TALL AND DRESSED IN PERIOD CLOTHES. WHEN THE LAPEL IS PRESSED IT SPEAKS HISTORICAL, REALISTIC PHRASES. IT ALSO COMES BOXED WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL PAMPLET IN REAR OF BOX. THIS IS NEW/OLD STOCK FROM 2003. BOX WAS OPENED TO CHECK CONTENTS.

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