Rough Riders have to be born somewhere, and Teddy Roosevelt, 26th President, picked a whopper: right in the heart of Manhattan, in a lovely brownstone and surrounded by wealth and wonder. Perhaps no president had as many opportunities, and no president exhibited as deep a love for life as Theodore Roosevelt, our third New York-born President, and the man who transformed the Presidency!

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Season 2's Theodore Roosevelt Episode: "Theodore Roosevelt and Sagamore Hill"
on his home! 

Season 3's Theodore Roosevelt Episode: "Theodore Roosevelt's Tomb" on his gravesite! 

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