For our monthly senior missionary activity we visited the home of Pres. Teddy Roosevelt and his family. His home is called Sagamore Hill. It is located in Oyster Bay Village, a beautiful small village on the north side of Long Island. The first settlers arrived here in 1653.
The scenery here was green and beautiful, a lot different than the concrete jungle where we live in Brooklyn.
We were pleasantly surprised at how close the green Long Island is to Brooklyn. It is a different world out there. The Sagamore Hill home of the Roosevelt family was also very beautiful.
We had about a dozen senior missionaries in attendance at the activity. We all enjoy these get-togethers very much.
The main house built by Teddy Roosevelt was currently being remodeled, so we could not tour inside of that house. Instead, we were able to visit the home of Teddy Roosevelt, Junior.
It is called the old orchard home.
It has been well preserved by the National Park Service.
Teddy Roosevelt, although born into privilege, did not lead an idle life. Even though he had asthma, he was very active as a young man and as an adult.
He was a passionate reformer, pushing forward reforms to make working conditions better and to regulate giant businesses. And he fought to root out corruption in government.
His family was one of the leading families of New York.
He gained fame and much acclaim due to his activities in the Spanish-American war in 1898, where he was the leader of the Roughriders.
Posthumously, he was awarded the medal of honor for his activities in the Battle of San Juan Hill. Bucky O'Niel, a famous sheriff of Yavapai County, was killed in that battle.
Teddy Roosevelt believed that we should not be bystanders in life. We should get into the arena and try to make a difference. He lived by that philosophy. We really like that.
So don't be one of those cold and timid souls he spoke about. Make a difference.
It was a beautiful Saturday. The weather was very mild as it has been nearly all summer. We had a great time.
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