On October 14, 1912, shortly before the presidential election, Theodore Roosevelt was shot at a campaign rally. The bullet was impeded by a copy of Roosevelt's speech and his glasses case.

Sometimes, the words of politicians save lives. In the case of Teddy Roosevelt, "Bull Moose" Party presidential candidate in 1912, that was very literally true. Carrie Underwood performs acapella ...

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the ...

In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt rode a gray horse ... Fill in the blank: In 1903 President Roosevelt gave a speech that dedicated an important new landmark to Yellowstone National Park.

“The bullet is in me now, so I cannot make a very long speech, but I will try my best,” said President Theodore Roosevelt in 1912, just moments after being shot while preparing to deliver a speech ...

When Jose Theodore signed a two-year contract with the Washington Capitals in 2008, he expected he would finally win a Stanley Cup. The team was loaded with talent, from Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas ...

President McKinley took the train to Niagara Falls on Sept. 6, 1901. He viewed the Niagara Gorge, crossed part-way over the Honeymoon Bridge (staying on the U.S. side of the border) and traveled over ...

Strangely, over a century, America’s two major political parties gradually reversed identities, like the magnetic poles of Planet Earth switching direction. When the Republican Party was ...

On June 3, 1905, Republican President Theodore Roosevelt empaneled ... In 1907, they shot down a request from Roosevelt that he be empowered to reorganize government agencies on his own, in ...