the only thing we have to fear is fear itself

a blog dedicated to one of the greatest families in american history • "every father and mother here, if they are wise, will bring up their children not to shirk difficulties, but to meet them and overcome them; not to strive after a life of ignoble ease, but to strive to do their duty, first to themselves and their families, and then to the whole state." - theodore roosevelt

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Franklin Roosevelt with mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt, in 1925.

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A Sagamore Hill obstacle race, circa 1895

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Theodore Roosevelt with Gifford Pinchot, 1907.

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Theodore Roosevelt (center) and Thomas Platt (with beard) at the Republican convention, 1900.

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Theodore Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary of the Navy.

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Theodore Roosevelt, also known as “Teedie,” at age ten.

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Theodore Roosevelt on the road to Armageddon, 1912.

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Theodore Roosevelt campaigning for preparedness, 1916.

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At age seven, Corinne Roosevelt posed with a doll, but she had already shown herself to be a daredevil with ponies.

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Alice Hathaway Lee at the time Theodore Roosevelt fell in love with her. She died just two days after her daughter, Alice Lee, was born.

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Franklin Roosevelt with mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt, in 1925.

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Theodore Roosevelt in Europe, 1910.

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Edith Roosevelt, 1908.

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Quentin Roosevelt posing with his airplane, before his death behind enemy lines in France during World War I.

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Eleanor Roosevelt

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Theodore Roosevelt with daughter, Ethel, on the Nile, 1910.