[YoungCurmudgeon]

You might want to read up on the Brownsville Affair in 1906 where Teddy unjustly slapped 167 black soldiers with dishonorable discharges based on false charges and refused to reverse his decision despite evidence of their innocence, which is standard practice for Progressives like Roosevelt. I am completely confident that this event is not the basis for those targeting his statue, but it is the main reason I relocated a bust of TR I have to basement storage. Of course I am not siding with those who seek to destroy history.

[Theodore R.]

You are right about TR and the Brownsville affair.

[nopardons]

The people screaming about tearing down ALL statues, don’t know anything at all about this one incident. And one incident does NOT a “racist” make.