EPISODE · May 7, 2026 · 43 MIN
Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders
from Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast · host The Alamo
Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo PodcastEpisode 131: Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders Just footsteps from where the world-famous Battle of the Alamo was fought, a new generation of frontiersman stepped up to fight for freedom. Legend has it, a future president recruited them inside the Menger Hotel bar - and with their signatures, wrote a new chapter of the Alamo’s already storied history. We reveal why Theodore Roosevelt formed the Rough Riders, where in San Antonio they trained, and how the Alamo remembers the Rough Riders legacy today. Featuring the Alamo's Researcher Thomas Ledesma.View photo of the Alamo's Roosevelt statue: https://www.facebook.com/EmilyBaucumSATX/posts/pfbid02UuAVPucQ5ugWa5YpUckgxjmXj9AspZz4eQcfzcq3abxrWWXihAhVi8mRNWbxLqv6lView photo of the war souvenir coconut on display: https://www.facebook.com/EmilyBaucumSATX/posts/pfbid0RtCnehBzqSHLb3fT5NuZiTu4i78Qni4h5R4pgdU37AwnyHXht7bbipRfqrRmSGFClNational Park Service essay on the Rough Riders: https://www.nps.gov/thrb/learn/historyculture/tr-rr-spanamwar.htmTheodore Roosevelt Association essay on the Rough Riders: https://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=991271&module_id=339473Send the Alamo Podcast a Text Message! (Please include name and contact information so we can respond.)
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