Witchflower Days: Roosevelt's Steam Shovel, Kristallnacht, and a Poet

Wednesday, November 9, 2005

Roosevelt's Steam Shovel, Kristallnacht, and a Poet

On this day in 1906 Teddy Roosevelt bucked more than a century of tradition to become the first American president ever to leave the country while in office when he went to view the Panama Canal construction site. It had been felt that the President couldn't oversee the country effectively if he... Sign in to see full entry.

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