Teddy Roosevelt: “But you did more, for you saved us from annihilation.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900

But you did more, for you saved us from annihilation.

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Republican · New York

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Addressing Civil War veterans, Roosevelt declares that their actions were pivotal in preventing the nation's destruction.

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