{"id":2622991,"date":"2026-07-02T18:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T22:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/must-see-the-moment-actual-rough-riders-escort-trumps-motorcade-to-the-teddy-roosevelt-library\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T18:12:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T22:12:34","slug":"must-see-the-moment-actual-rough-riders-escort-trumps-motorcade-to-the-teddy-roosevelt-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/must-see-the-moment-actual-rough-riders-escort-trumps-motorcade-to-the-teddy-roosevelt-library\/","title":{"rendered":"MUST SEE: The Moment Actual Rough Riders Escort Trump&#8217;s Motorcade to the Teddy Roosevelt Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmust-see-the-moment-actual-rough-riders-escort-trumps-motorcade-to-the-teddy-roosevelt-library%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2622991&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump visited the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Bismarck, north Dakota, receiving a warm welcome from reenactors of the Rough Riders, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >cavalry unit led<\/a> by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War. the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-says-he-teared-up-at-obama-library-opening-rips-doj-investigation\/\" title=\"Newsom says he teared up at Obama ... opening, rips DOJ investigation\">library opening<\/a> is scheduled for July 4th. Roosevelt, known for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-france-pilot-falls-off-cliff-to-his-death-while-hiking-californias-mount-whitney\/\" title=\"Air France pilot dies in tragic fall while hiking Mount Whitney in California.\">outdoor pursuits<\/a> and vigorous personality, served as President after gaining fame in the war and later became a prominent reformer and Trust Buster. Trump honored Roosevelt&#8217;s legacy, emphasizing courage and boldness as essential qualities for a great and free nation. Roosevelt&#8217;s lifelong dedication too strength, bravery, and defending freedom was highlighted, along with his resilience, exemplified by surviving an assassination attempt while delivering a speech. The event underscored Roosevelt\u2019s enduring influence as a symbol of masculinity and bold leadership.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump visited the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Wednesday and received a memorable welcome courtesy of the Rough Riders.<\/p>\n<p>The 26th president\u2019s new library is set to open on the Fourth of July in Bismarck, North Dakota.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being a New Yorker by birth and spending a considerable portion of his early career in politics there, Roosevelt had a love of the great outdoors. He sought refuge in the Dakota Badlands territory in 1884 as he grieved the death of his first wife and his mother, who died on the same day.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday saw the 45th and 47th president pay his respects to the life of the 26th president, delivering a dedication address with the Rough Riders behind him after they escorted his motorcade to the grounds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Trump\u2019s motorcade receives an escort to the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library from the Rough Riders! \ud83d\udc0e\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y5VVkAV9Mv\">pic.twitter.com\/y5VVkAV9Mv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2072376780309098803?\">July 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Rough Rider reenactors recreated the unit Roosevelt once led in 1898 during the Spanish-American War, fighting in Cuba. This was the First Volunteer Cavalry, which Roosevelt eagerly joined, resigning his post as assistant secretary of the Navy upon the outbreak of war that year.<\/p>\n<p>The fame he garnered leading these men would carry him to the governorship of New York shortly after the war, and the vice presidency under President William McKinley when he secured his second term.<\/p>\n<p>A tragic turn of events thrust Roosevelt into the spotlight of the nation\u2019s highest office in September 1901, when McKinley was assassinated.<\/p>\n<p>In his dedication message, Trump remarked, \u201cTheodore Roosevelt reminds us all that to be a great nation, and to be a free nation, we must have courage. Without courage, you have nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs T.R. once put it, \u2018Freedom is not a gift that lasts long in the hands of cowards.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump called the quote \u201ca great statement,\u201d to the applause of the crowd.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/POTUS?\">@POTUS<\/a>: \u201cTheodore Roosevelt reminds us all that to be a great nation, and to be a free nation, we must have courage\u2026 As T.R. once put it, \u2018Freedom is not a gift that lasts long in the hands of cowards.&#8217;\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yixw6oF8mo\">pic.twitter.com\/yixw6oF8mo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2072412185704251778?\">July 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Roosevelt was the embodiment of a masculine force directing the country.<\/p>\n<p>Despite growing up sickly, with eyesight problems, he built himself physically, enjoying wrestling and boxing.<\/p>\n<p>He served his country willingly in 1898 against the Spanish, even trying to serve again in the Great War after the United States entered in 1917, despite being 58 years old.<\/p>\n<p>In office, he became known as the \u201cTrust Buster,\u201d going after monopolies like those in the railroad industry.<\/p>\n<p>In October 1912, while delivering a speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he was shot in an <a href=\"https:\/\/americanhistory.si.edu\/collections\/object\/nmah_515988\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assassination attempt<\/a>, astonishingly finishing the 90-minute speech before going to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>He was unapologetically bold in his maneuvers, a standard our current president upholds.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom <em>is <\/em>a gift, and one that only the bold can defend.<\/p>\n<p>Shirking our responsibilities to this great nation by being cowardly, timid, and avoidant of conflict only disgraces the memory of men like Roosevelt who came before us.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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