The heroic charge of the Rough Riders up San Juan Hill, in the face of withering gunfire, was the most famous battle of the Spanish-American War. Here he enlists an actor to give a “dramatic” presentation about the Rough Riders. How the hero of the shortest war in American history traveled that momentous distance is partially explained by this letter: Roosevelt had a grand story to tell, and he made sure it was told everywhere. Less than three years later, he was president. Four months after he led the charge up San Juan Hill, Theodore Roosevelt was elected governor of New York.
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