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By James Breig<\/a><\/p>\n

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Civil War vets listen to TR speak in Rockford, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This year could be called the eye of a hurricane of war anniversaries. Americans are in the middle of marking the 200th<\/sup> anniversary of the War of 1812, the sesquicentennial of the Civil War and the 70th<\/sup> anniversary of World War II.<\/p>\n

\"Roosevelt<\/a>
Roosevelt election piece<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is also the 115th<\/sup> anniversary of one of the USA\u2019s shortest conflicts: The Spanish-American War. Ignited in April 1898, the war ended in August. Despite that brevity, the hostilities ranged from Cuba in the Atlantic to the Philippines in the Pacific. They also cemented the reputation of Theodore Roosevelt as a man of action.<\/p>\n

When he returned from leading his legendary Rough Riders in the assault on San Juan Hill in Cuba, TR began a whirlwind rise: He was immediately elected governor of New York, became vice president just two years later and, with the assassination of President McKinley in 1901, entered the White House.<\/p>\n

In 1903, the fifth anniversary of the war he had fought in, Roosevelt visited Rockford, Illinois, to dedicate a war memorial to Army and Navy veterans of both the Civil War and the Spanish-American War. A newspaper headline declared: \u201cStars and Stripes Are Flung to the Breeze as the Chief Executive Pronounces Words of Dedication.\u201dThe article said that \u201cthe formal act of dedication was performed when the chief executive of the nation with a movement of his hand set loose the Stars and Stripes<\/a>.\u201d \u00a0The flag above the memorial building, which had originally flown from the mast of a ship during the Civil War, \u201cfor a moment seemed to hesitate and then triumphantly spread itself to the breeze amid the cheers of [the] persons who filled the platform, the grandstand in front of the Presbyterian church and a thousand chairs in the street.\u201d<\/p>\n
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TR speaks amid banners<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During his stop-over 110 years ago, Roosevelt also reviewed thousands of children, each of whom held a flag. Then he rushed off to give another speech in Joliet, where he was driven along a \u201croute profusely decorated with flags.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Next week: A remarkable flag journey connected to Teddy Roosevelt.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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