This is the home, Sagamore Hill, that Theodore Roosevelt and his new wife acquired.

Teedie never lost his love of play, and could be seen at any time cavorting with his children and nephews around the grounds of Sagamore Hill or the White House. One time some dignitaries came upon him engaged in some sort of child play with a bunch of kids. Teedie's sister explained, "You must remember, the president is only six years old."

But regardless of that, Theodore Roosevelt played a vital role on the world stage. He was instrumental in ending the Russo-Japanese War and helped resolve disputes around the world. He could easily have won re-election in 1908 -- the country loved him -- but he chose, to his regret, not to run. Four years later he formed his own party, the Bull Moose party, but lost the election to Woodrow Wilson (William Howard Taft, the incumbent, came in third). He then went on a disastrous trip to South America, where both he and his son nearly died; TR was never the same after that. He became an ardent supporter of World War I until one of his sons was killed; he realized then how wrong he had been, and he himself died soon afterward.

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