Rough Rider statue outside Prescott, AZ, courthouse. Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders fought in Cuba, that "splendid little war". The territorial gains were fleeting. The real gains, for good and evil, involved increasing American prestige among existing world powers. The Rough Riders were a combination of polo playing Harvard grads and western cowboys, led by a person who understood the character of both!
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