A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....05-09-06....Teddy Bears on Parade

Billie

[Billie]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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~ Billie, Dutchess, DollyCali, GodBlessUSA, JustAmy ~

How many do you have? Do you still have your childhood Teddy Bear? Did you ever wonder how Teddy Bears got their name? For any of you who didn't know - or don't remember the story behind the name of these squeezable, huggable little stuffed bears.......very briefly, it goes like this:

In November of 1902, Theodore Roosevelt, our 26th President, went on a hunting trip near Little Sunflower River in Mississippi. To make sure that the President had an easy target and wouldn't go home empty-handed, his hosts had captured and stunned a little bear cub and tied him to a tree. President Roosevelt, however, refused to shoot the defenseless cub and made them set it free.

The press who were covering Roosevelt's visit quickly heard of the incident, and the Washington Star's political cartoonist Clifford Berryman drew a cartoon of the incident entitled Drawing the line at Mississippi. The cartoon, which emphasized the helplessness of the cub, was printed in all the papers, and Roosevelt's popularity soared as a result of his actions. For the rest of his political career President Roosevelt's mascot was 'Teddy's Bear', which Berryman continued to use in all his cartoons and which played a key part in the Presidents successful re-election campaign of 1905.

Although most of my teddy bears only come out at Christmas, I do have a couple that have a permanent spot in my house.   A soft, plain one sits in an old-fashioned highchair in the family room, but the one pictured below, which sits near me when I'm on the computer, is my very favorite grown-up teddy bear, because she's posable, and I love her hat and her granny glasses; but most of all, I love the voice that sings! (Chantal Kreviazuk, from the soundtrack of a TV show called "Providence", which is no longer on air)

03-28-06 ~ Hall of Fame #15

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 05-08-06 Military Monday

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' Every Thursday at the Finest The guy's good, folks!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Good night, Amy. Hope to see you tomorrow - I'll try to come by earlier. Maybe I get lucky and get to say hello instead of bye, LOL!

[The Thin Man]

Hang on...floating this over to you on the next ice floe...

Thanks for the effort, but sadly some penguins came along and stole the food. I was just too weak to fight 'em off. :-(

[LadyX]

HA!!
See the post after yours..:))
I do believe he does have a Sterno stove...

[LadyX]

Good night, JustAmy...and JustFrank...

[snugs]

Tetley tea was my mum's favourite tea, we have loads of Tetley men and cottages and spoons that come free with the packets of teabags.

[GodBlessUSA]

LOL
I'll have to pick up a back up. This was a fairly new mouse. :)

[GodBlessUSA]

Hi Maj
Thanks! :) It's good to be back on line.

[tuliptree76]

Thank you, PAL!

[tuliptree76]

Thank you, Amy! I hope you had a great day, too!

[tuliptree76]

Ava is a pretty name. :-)

[tuliptree76]

Thank you for the pretty bear picture, Billie!

[GodBlessUSA]

Wednesday's thread :)

[tuliptree76]

Thank you, Maj! :-)

[tuliptree76]

Thank you, Lori. :-)

[Majie Purple]

Good night Amy! Thank you!
Yes,see ya tomorrow FRiend!
Awww.. wook at da bun bun in da middo! :)

[snugs]

I have a spare keyboard as well :0)

[tuliptree76]

Hi, Tulip! Havin' fun? : )

Hi Louie. The semester is almost over with, and I'm going to try to have a little fun before the summer term starts. :-)

How are you doing?

[LadyX]

Here in America, Tetley has just come out with a
Premium Tetley tea for brewing iced tea.
I almost always have a pitcher made with it in my refrigerator.

[LadyX]

I like Ava, too - not a common name,
and they just decided on it a week or two ago.

[GodBlessUSA]

That's a good idea Snugs. This keyboard is getting so worn out. Some of the letters are no longer visible. LOL :) I'm sure that will go next and I better have a back up. I can't stand not having access to internet. LOL