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Theodore Roosevelt’s Baltimore Liberty Loan Visit in 1918

Film shows Theodore Roosevelt in Baltimore for the fourth Liberty Loan campaign on September 28, 1918.

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Theodore Roosevelt during his 1918 Liberty Loan visit to Baltimore.

Check this out. It shows Teddy Roosevelt in Baltimore on September 28th, 1918 for the fourth Liberty Loan campaign at the old Oriole Baseball Park. He’s wearing a mourning armband for his son Quentin, who was killed in aerial combat over France on July 14th, 1918.

Others in the film include Cardinal James Gibbons, Governor Emerson Harrington, and Frances Folsom (i.e., Grover Cleveland’s widow – who remarried).

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Topics1910s · Teddy Roosevelt · U.S. Presidents

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