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Teddy Roosevelt: “My regiment was raised under the walls of that historic building of which it was said that Thermopylæ had its messenger…”

On the recordApril 4, 1905
My regiment was raised under the walls of that historic building of which it was said that Thermopylæ had its messenger of death, but the Alamo had none.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks in Dallas, Texas

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