TR watched the buffalo vanish. It changed him — and eventually changed America. Today, bison are back in the park he inspired. Happy #EarthDay. The Library opens July 4. trlibrary.com/visit
#TheodoreRoosevelt #Conservation
Happy #EarthDay! Theodore Roosevelt protected ~230 million acres of public land, created 5 national parks, 150 national forests, and the U.S. Forest Service. It all started in the Badlands of North Dakota.
#TheodoreRoosevelt #Conservation #NorthDakota
#OTD in 1902, TR approved the court-martial of General Jacob Smith for ordering atrocities in the Philippines. American military power, he believed, had to answer to American law. He drew the line.
#OTD #TheodoreRoosevelt #TeddyRoosevelt #TRHistory
TR wrote about Badlands nights with awe: "The face of the country seems to alter marvelously." TRNP has some of the best dark skies in the Lower 48. Come see why. trlibrary.com/visit
#Badlands #DarkSkies #TheodoreRoosevelt
It's #NationalVolunteerWeek! TR believed democracy depends on citizens who show up. Volunteering is one of the purest ways to get in the arena. Find yours this week.
https://www.trlibrary.com/volunteer
#TheodoreRoosevelt #GetInTheArena #NVW
Behind TR's extraordinary career was Edith Roosevelt — steady, brilliant, and completely unafraid to tell him when he was wrong. He once wrote: "I should never have risen but for you." He meant it.
#OTD #TheodoreRoosevelt #TeddyRoosevelt #EdithRoosevelt
75 days. July 4. Medora. The Library that tells TR's real story — in the landscape where it happened. Tickets on sale. trlibrary.com/visit
#TRLibrary #OpeningJuly4 #TheodoreRoosevelt
#OTD in 1898, McKinley signed the resolution recognizing Cuban independence. War with Spain was coming. TR had spent months preparing the Navy for exactly this moment — and was already planning to go himself.
#OTD #TheodoreRoosevelt #TeddyRoosevelt #RoughRiders
TR chased boat thieves down an ice-choked river for three days. Caught them. Refused to hang them. Marched them to the law — reading Tolstoy along the way. That's the story we're telling. trlibrary.com/visit
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It's #NationalLibraryWeek! TR read voraciously, wrote 40+ books, and carried volumes into the wilderness and onto battlefields. The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, ND carries on that legacy.
#TheodoreRoosevelt #TRPL #Medora
#OTD in 1897, TR started as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. His first book was about naval warfare. Within 13 months, he'd resign to fight in Cuba himself.
#OTD #TheodoreRoosevelt #TeddyRoosevelt #USNavy
Medora was founded in 1883 — the same year TR arrived. The Chateau de Morès still stands on the bluff. The Library opens July 4 to tell the next chapter. trlibrary.com/visit
#Medora #TheodoreRoosevelt
Thank you WDAY News for spotlighting the Medora business community as we get ready for a summer unlike any other. The owners, the Chamber, the Badlands — it's all what makes this place special.
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#OTD in 1906, the San Francisco earthquake struck. Within three hours, TR had signed a $1 million relief bill. Over 4,000 troops were already on the ground. Strong executive action in real time.
#OTD #TheodoreRoosevelt #TeddyRoosevelt #PresidentialHistory
The Library's Elkhorn Ranch gallery: TR's buckskin jacket, his Tiffany hunting knife, his branding irons — and the film that connects it all to 230 million acres of conserved land. trlibrary.com/visit
#TRLibrary #TheodoreRoosevelt
A Lincoln portrait that hung in T.R.'s White House office — lost for more than a century — is coming to Medora on loan. Thanks to artnet for the incredible story behind its rediscovery.
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#OTD in 1897, TR resigned as NYC Police Commissioner to become Assistant Secretary of the Navy. His midnight patrols of the city were over — but his charge toward history was just beginning.
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#OTD in 1884, 25-year-old TR's reform bills passed the NY Assembly — months after losing his mother and wife on the same day. He didn't stop fighting. He never would.
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80 days. The Library opens July 4 in the landscape that made TR into TR. Tickets on sale now. trlibrary.com/visit
#TRLibrary #OpeningJuly4 #Medora #TheodoreRoosevelt
You know it's a special day when GMA comes to Medora AND you wake up on the front page of the Dickinson Press. 🤠🗞️ What a morning. July 4th, 2026. 🇺🇸
#Medora #AmericaTheBeautiful
It's #NationalPoetryMonth! TR quoted poetry from memory everywhere — at the dinner table, on horseback, and deep in the Amazon jungle. He carried verse collections on every expedition.
#TheodoreRoosevelt #TeddyRoosevelt
The Scenic Loop Drive in TRNP: 36 miles of buttes, bison, wild horses, and the biggest sky you've ever seen. Pair it with the Library opening July 4 in Medora. trlibrary.com/visit #Badlands #Medora #NationalPark
#OTD in 1906, TR coined the term "muckraker" in a speech at the Capitol. He valued investigative journalism — but warned it had to look upward too. The debate still echoes today.
#OTD #TheodoreRoosevelt #TeddyRoosevelt #AmericanHistory
TR was the only cowboy on the roundup wearing spectacles. He fell off horses. He got lost. He never quit. The Library tells the real story — not the Mount Rushmore version. trlibrary.com/visit
#TheodoreRoosevelt #TRLibrary
TONIGHT! Join us for a virtual program featuring the one-and-only Chris Epting, author of over 50 books on US history.
This event is free & open to the virtual public. Meet us at our YouTube, LinkedIn, or Facebook (links in bio) to join us at 5:30 PM MT/7:30 PM ET!
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#OTD in 1917, the War Department denied TR's request to lead troops in WWI. His response: a 15-page rebuttal. All four of his sons would serve in France. Quentin would not come home.
#OTD #TheodoreRoosevelt #TeddyRoosevelt #WWI
TR's Elkhorn Ranch — his true Badlands home — still stands in silence along the Little Missouri. The buildings are gone, but the land remembers. The Library tells the rest. trlibrary.com/visit #TheodoreRoosevelt #ElkhornRanch #Medora
Easter Sunday, 1903: while most of America was in church, TR was alone in the Yellowstone backcountry — walking 20 miles through the mountains. Solitude in the wild was, for him, a form of prayer.
#OTD #TheodoreRoosevelt #TeddyRoosevelt #Yellowstone
The Library has a train car you walk into — and inside, T.R.'s love letters cover the walls. Then you step out into the grief that changed everything. Tickets on sale now. trlibrary.com/visit
#TRLibrary #TheodoreRoosevelt #Medora
Happy #NationalPetDay! The Roosevelt White House had dogs, cats, a badger named Josiah, a one-legged rooster, snakes, and a pony that once rode the elevator to visit a sick child.
#TheodoreRoosevelt #TeddyRoosevelt