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I'm having the worst time staying connected this morning, so please bear with me - have many "Let's be Teddy Bears" to post if I don't get kicked off.

Teddy Bears on Parade ~ 5-8-06

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.

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784 posted on 09/09/2008 7:30:26 AM PDT by Billie

To: JustAmy; Mama_Bear; MEG33

Let's be Teddy Bears today!

785 posted on 09/09/2008 7:32:07 AM PDT by Billie

Thank you Billie~~~a lot of cute things to celebrate today and I hope I can get back later to play! I explained in a post to GeeBee! Have a great day!

789 posted on 09/09/2008 7:37:53 AM PDT by jaycee

OOOO Teddy Bear Day! Weeeeeee!

805 posted on 09/09/2008 8:22:57 AM PDT by Majie Purple (Pres. B. & F L Laura are still residing...Love;Honor;Respect;Thanks...Start ,to Finish!)

Hey,real life Bro of mine...Teddy R. blurb included Here today...scroll up.

829 posted on 09/09/2008 9:55:25 AM PDT by Majie Purple (Pres. B. & F L Laura are still residing...Love;Honor;Respect;Thanks...Start ,to Finish!)

Talk about a "hot" dog ....
Wait for the other dogs in the
neighborhood to get a whiff of this.

837 posted on 09/09/2008 10:09:03 AM PDT by OESY

Hi Billie
Here's my US Coast Guard teddy bear :)

849 posted on 09/09/2008 10:33:16 AM PDT by GodBlessUSA ( God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

To: FRiends; JustAmy; Mama_Bear; Billie; NicknamedBob; ST.LOUIE1; Cardhu; Kitty Mittens; ...

I'm late..Happy Teddy Bear Day

879 posted on 09/09/2008 12:35:21 PM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military)

To: JustAmy; Mama_Bear; MEG33; jaycee; Kitty Mittens; GodBlessUSA; La Enchiladita; LUV W; Lady Jag; ...

883 posted on 09/09/2008 12:59:24 PM PDT by Billie

To: GodBlessUSA; LUV W; Mrs.Nooseman; DollyCali

There still couldn't be a better fit for you three BFF. :)

Hello Dolly. :)

Let's be Teddy Bears today!

885 posted on 09/09/2008 1:03:39 PM PDT by Billie

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