Theodore Roosevelt was a man who never stopped fighting. He grappled with his own physical deficiencies, railed against corruption, and always fought to move the nation forward in the way he thought best. One hundred and one years after his death, where can we still see the spirit of Roosevelt in our nation? Which of his policies do we still view favorably, and where did he fall short? And what is his ultimate legacy? Find out in the final episode of the first season of History Vs.
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01/05/20 • 65 min
Mental Floss Presents: The Quest for the North Pole - History Vs. TR
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History Versus is a production of I Heart Radio and mental flaws. The carvers stand on the scaffolding hundreds of feet high, clad in overalls and face masks, small pneumatic hammers in hand. The clatter of drills and granite dust fills the air, as they have almost every day of construction on that rushmore for years, these men have worked to sculpture four presidential faces out of the mountain, and now they're about to begin finishing work on t
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