Patriotic Programs

Teddy, You're A Bear!

 

 

Theodore Roosevelt

(1858 - 1919)

 

Featuring the life and times of one of America's most colorful heroes and Presidents through story, costume and song:

Songs specific to T.R.:

The Teddy Bear's Picnic

Teddy, You're A Bear

My Hat's In The Ring

You're Alright Teddy (The Country Calls Again)

We Want Teddy For Four Years More

We're Ready For Teddy Again

 

Accomplishments of Theodore Roosevelt:

• Served in the New York State Assembly
• Appointed to U.S. Civil Service Commission
• Police Commissioner of New York City
• Assistant Secretary of the Navy
• Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, which in effect kept European powers out of involvement in Western Hemisphere events

 

• "Rough Rider" in Cuba, in the war against Spain

 

• Vice-President under President McKinley
• The 26th President of the United States, after McKinley's assassination
• Considered himself a "steward of the people"
• Trust Buster - forced Big Business to be under stronger regulation
• Responsible for building a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans - the Panama Canal
• Re-elected in 1904 under his idea of a "Square Deal"

 

• Conservationist - passed the Forest Reserve Act of 1891 - saving 150 million acres of land for National Parks

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt (left) and nature preservationist John Muir on Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park

• Pure Food and Drug Act passed to address the cleanliness of food and medicines
• Won Nobel Peace prize for facilitating a peace treaty between Japan and Russia

 

Dayle in concert at Sagamore Hill, N.Y.; home of Teddy Roosevelt

 

Famous Quotes by T.R. (Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt):

• "Speak softly and carry a big stick"
• "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are"
• "Believe you can and you're halfway there"
• "If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month"
• "It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed"
• "Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster"
• "Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind"
• "A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards"
• "Bully"
• "My hat is in the ring"
  

 

Vocal Selections: (Click on song title)

• The Teddy Bear's Picnic
• Teddy You're A Bear
• My Hat's In The Ring

 

 

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