Happy Presidents Day

[stormrider]

I figured these 4 videos would be a good thing for President's Day. The first three are the events leading up to one of the greatest presidental speeches in American History Which will be the last link.
YouTube - Gettysburg (1863) - The Devil To Pay

YouTube - Gettysburg (1863) - Hold At All Costs
YouTube - Gettysburg (1863) - High Water Mark
YouTube - OMG !! Abraham Lincoln! He's Alive !
Due to the 10 minute time limit for videos on youtube Part 1 (The Devil To Pay) and Part 3 (High Water Mark) Have been shortened to fit into the 10 minute time frame.

[SouthwestRanger]

One of the VERY Best Presidents from our past....




Teddy Roosevelt....Rough Rider...Intelligent Leader....Friend to America's National Parks [img]wink.gif[/img]

[stormrider]

Yes Teddy Was great. We need another one like him or lincoln. But instead we are singing Obama Superstar who in the **** do you think you are. He wants change will got a jug of pennies might give it to him and tell him heres your change. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

[SouthwestRanger]

Originally posted by stormrider:
Yes Teddy Was great. We need another one like him or lincoln. But instead we are singing Obama Superstar who in the **** do you think you are. He wants change will got a jug of pennies might give it to him and tell him heres your change. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well said SR

Presidential Firsts of Theodore Roosevelt



TR was the first President

to fly in an airplane
to be submerged in a submarine
to own a car
to have a telephone in his home
to travel outside the borders of the US while still in office. TR took the battleship USS Louisiana to Panama in 1906.
to entertain an African-American in the White House, inviting Booker T. Washington to dinner
to win the first AMERICAN as well as first President to win a Nobel Prize in ANY of the six categories - he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906.

TR founded:

the first 51 federal bird sanctuaries
the first 18 national monuments (including the Grand Canyon, the Petrified Forest, Muir Woods and Devils Tower)
First African-American as a dinner guest in the White House:

In 1901, right after he was sworn in as President after the death of President William McKinley, he invited Booker T. Washington of the Tuskegee Institute to the White House for a meeting. The meeting ran late, and TR invited Mr. Washington to dinner. This was the first time that an African-American was entertained at the White House as a guest.

First Presidential Airplane Ride:

At an airshow at Aviation Field in St. Louis, Missouri on October 11, 1910, Theodore Roosevelt was offered a seat as a passenger in a plane for a demonstration flight. The pilot's name was Arch Hoxsey, who had just completed a record flight from Springfield, Illinois. The plane reached an altitude of about 50 feet, circled the field twice and stayed airborne for about four minutes. TR said he wished they could have stayed in the air for an hour. Arch Hoxsey was killed in a plane crash on December 31, 1910. This flight made TR the first President to fly in a plane. There is a picture of him strapping himself in that does look as though he was the pilot, but he was not.


http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/firsts.htm
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SR: Also TR was so well played by Robin Williams in the great movie A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM !