Picture biography of Theodore Roosevelt by Theodore Roosevelt Association

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A photographic look at the
FINAL DAYS
of Theodore Roosevelt

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	Former President Theodore Roosevelt, 1915.
1916
TR learned of the death of his youngest son Quentin in July of 1918. Quentin, a fighter pilot for the US Army Air Corps in WW1, was shot down behind enemy lines. "Grandfather" Roosevelt hugs baby granddaughter Edith Roosevelt Derby, 1918.
	Archie sent a cable to his brothers, "The old lion is dead." Roosevelt died in his sleep in the "Gate Room" at Sagamore Hill early on the morning of January 6, 1919 from a pulmonary embolism. Photo shows the burial of Theodore Roosevelt, January 1919 in Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, NY.

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