A PRESIDENT SAYS GOODBYE TO HIS HERO IN 1906
"Teddy" Roosevelt wanted to expand the US Navy. When the body of his hero discovered in 1905, Roosevelt had it shipped "home". A public relations master, Roosevelt made the most of the discovery. Here is the complete text of the commemoration eulogy by President Theodore Roosevelt at the interment of John Paul Jones at the US Naval Academy at Annapolis on April 24, 1906.
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