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Teddy Roosevelt: “I am glad that we, as Americans, have cause to be proud of the army and the navy of the United States—of the men who in…”

On the recordMay 1, 1902
I am glad that we, as Americans, have cause to be proud of the army and the navy of the United States—of the men who in the past have upheld the honor of the flag, and of their successors, the soldiers and sailors of the present day, who during the last three years have done such splendid work in the inconceivably dangerous and harassing warfare of the eastern tropics.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Banquet of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution

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