Teddy Roosevelt and the 1902 coal miners' strike | Britannica

📚 On This Day: The Origin of the Teddy Bear (1902) On November 16, 1902, The Washington Post published a political cartoon by Clifford Berryman that would unintentionally spark the creation of one of the world’s most iconic toys: the teddy bear. The cartoon was inspired by an incident during President Theodore Roosevelt’s bear-hunting trip in Mississippi. After an hour-long chase, Roosevelt’s guides captured and tied an American black bear to a tree, urging him to shoot it. Roosevelt refused, c

THE TEDDY BEAR WAS BORN FROM MERCY In 1902, Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a trapped bear during a hunt. The moment became a cartoon. The cartoon became a toy. The toy became a legend. The Teddy Bear didn’t come from a factory idea. It came from character. Follow Iron & Honor for the real stories America is built on. | Iron & Honor

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