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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: texasmom on December 28, 2007, 08:41:17 PM
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Theodore Roosevelt Island (Potomac River, GW parkway); one of the little treasures of the DC area that's not frequently visited by tourists (or residents, for that matter). If you get a chance, it's a nice visit to this site.
On the 4 memorial tablets:
MANHOOD
A man's usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals in so far as he can. (A Letter to Dr. Sturgis Bigelow, March 29, 1898)
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. (The Strenuous Life, 1900)
All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune make for a finer and nobler type of manhood. (Address to Naval War College, June 2, 1897)
Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die: and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. (The Great Adventure, 1918)
THE STATE
Ours is a government of liberty by, through, and under the law. (Speech at Spokane, WA, May 26, 1903)
A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy. (The New Nationalism, 1910)
Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive. (Miscellaneous Writings, c. 1890s)
In popular government results worth having can be achieved only by men who combine worthy ideals with practical good sense. (Address at Harvard Union, Feb. 23, 1907)
If I must choose between righteousness and peace I choose righteousness. (America and the World War, 1915)
NATURE
There is delight in the hardy life of the open. (African Game Trails, 1910)
There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy, and its charm. (African Game Trails, 1910)
The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased and not impaired in value. (The New Nationalism, 1910)
Conservation means development as much as it does protection. (The New Nationalism, 1910)
YOUTH
I want to see you game, boys, I want to see you brave and manly, and I also want to see you gentle and tender. (Address at Friends School, Washington, DC, May 24, 1907)
Be practical as well are generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground. (Speech at Prize Day Exercises at Groton School, Groton, MA, May 24 1904)
Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life. (America and the World War, 1915)
Alike for the nation and the individual, the one indispensable requisite is character. (American Ideals, 1897)
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Glad you found the island, O Texas Tourist. I used to stroll it occasionally during lunch while working in Rosslyn on the Virginia side. Roosevelt Island is indeed a treasure, and the admission price is right: free.
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Originally posted by Halo
Glad you found the island, O Texas Tourist. I used to stroll it occasionally during lunch while working in Rosslyn on the Virginia side. Roosevelt Island is indeed a treasure, and the admission price is right: free.
I wasn't a tourist at the time. We lived in the area for 5 or 6 years.
Made me think of that place again when my son asked me to scan the photo of the 'Manhood' memorial stone & email it to him today. Too bad our kids were too young to really remember. We used to travel on the weekends to all of the civil war battlefields in the neighboring states, drive to a special tree farm in PA to cut our christmas trees.
They do, thankfully, remember more than a few trips to the Air & Space museum... and they remember building the *best* snowforts & having the best snowball fights ever.
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Glad you got to enjoy the area for lots longer than just a visit. We like it here so much we've never left (except for one four-year interlude) after arriving in 1969.
Which is an interesting story in itself. It was our first move north to south. We drove down house hunting in May. Every mile got warmer and greener. By the time we reached the bridge to Virginia, we were hooked.
We turned left and drove around looking for a house to rent. In one hilly neighborhood near the Potomac we stopped at a contemporary single level house and asked a woman working in the yard if she knew of any houses to rent in the area.
"Yes," she said, "this one."
There was no sign in the yard, but she said her husband was transferring to Massachusetts in June. Not only the same state where we were, but the same Air Force base (Hanscom Field) we were assigned to!
That was the easiest move we ever made. We allowed ourselves a week to find a rental, and found it within an hour after arriving.
The sequel came nine years later. We had returned from overseas to a townhouse and were looking to buy a house. My wife drove down our favorite street and saw a guy pounding a For Sale sign in the yard.
She said, "Let me get my husband. I think we'll buy it." And we did. Didn't even need a realtor. We've been in that house 37 years now. I guess we like the house and the area.
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:) Nice story indeed!
I don't blame y'all for getting hooked. I really adored living there. If we ever leave TX, it will be for northern VA. TxDad was there early in the year for work. As soon as he got settled in, he called & said he wished he could ask us to pack up & move back.