> Born into wealth, he joined the Army and commanded in combat. By all accounts both incredibly -stupidly and -bravely. Iirc he tried to join the army but they

> Born into wealth, he joined the Army and commanded in combat. By all accounts both incredibly -stupidly and -bravely. Iirc he tried to join the army but they wouldn’t let him. He then went home, got his friends, made their own uniforms and went into battle themselves. I think that’s where “teddy’s roughriders” came from. My favorite story of him was when he passed away the vice president said “Death had to take him sleeping. For if Roosevelt had been awake, there would have been a fight.” Edit: pbs has a great documentary series on the Roosevelt family. Teddy was by far my favorite, such a character.