Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

I expect every one to show a perfect willingness to die rather than to see the slightest stain put upon the American flag.

Remarks on Board the Kearsarge During the Review of the Fleet

08/16/1903

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This reservation shall be known hereafter as the Little Belt Forest Reserve.

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