But it says something about our moment that kids can’t enroll in programs reminiscent of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corps as an alternate pathway to public service and ideally (if taxpayers were willing), higher education.

Source: https://truthout.org/articles/our-children-are-experiencing-militarization-of-the-us-up-close-and-personally/

During the program, Marples and his wife shared stories about Teddy Roosevelt’s life, and life in America during his administration from 1901-1909.

Source: https://miamivalleytoday.com/teddy-and-edith-roosevelt-at-piqua-public-library/

Expanding military expenditure in support of U.S. foreign policy objectives goes back to, at least, President Teddy Roosevelt’s Big Stick policy.

Source: https://247wallst.com/special-report/2023/07/11/what-the-us-spent-on-the-military-every-year-since-1970/

For the record, redlining was a byproduct of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal.

Source: https://spectator.org/the-reparations-success-story-that-isnt/

In terms of fiscal policy, Roosevelt’s presidency was equally distinctive, marking an inflection point in U.S. history.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/2023/09/07/big-government-is-back---but-will-it-self-destruct/

Roosevelt’s Michael Di Bello, a senior, qualified 10th in the boys 100 backstroke (49.36) and also teamed with Ethan Lei, Matthew Norris and Izaiah Trevino-Lozano in the 200 free relay (12th-fastest time, 1:25.

Source: https://www.pressenterprise.com/2023/05/12/see-which-inland-swimmers-advanced-to-finals-at-the-cif-state-championship-meet/

Roosevelt’s Rylie Sengdara, Mya Capistrano, and Rylee Dale celebrates a point during a nonleague girls volleyball match against Murrieta Valley on Wednesday, Aug 16, 2023.

Source: https://www.pressenterprise.com/2023/08/16/roosevelt-girls-volleyball-team-opens-new-season-by-sweeping-murrieta-valley/

Today, Roosevelt’s preservation of roughly 230 million acres of public land may be the most popular part of his legacy.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/arts/theodore-roosevelt-presidential-library.html

We mention all this because, these days, what China wants, China gets — from man-made islands in the South China Sea to of Teddy Roosevelt’s Panama Canal.

Source: https://patriotpost.us/articles/95037-caving-to-china-on-covid-2023-02-16

Windsor’s Raegan Johnson, right, fights on the floor for the ball against Roosevelt’s Kinsey Trujillo, while playing in the championship game at the Denver Coliseum on March 11, 2023.

Source: https://www.greeleytribune.com/2023/03/11/roosevelt-charges-past-windsor-with-explosive-third-quarter-in-5a-girls-title-game/

Years of cultivating young, exciting talent paid off in a big way this past winter for Roosevelt’s girls basketball team.

Source: https://www.greeleytribune.com/2023/11/28/eatons-pursuit-of-another-state-wrestling-title-among-five-things-to-watch-during-the-prep-winter-sports-season/