Grade Range: K-12Resource Type(s): Primary Source, ArtifactsDate Posted: 11/13/2008
When Theodore Roosevelt was elected President in 1904 and needed an inaugural medal, he gave the commission to scupltor Augustus Saint-Gaudens after rejecting the standard, unmemorable medal typically produced for this occasion by the United States Mint.
This is the final object in the Roosevelt/Saint-Gaudens object group.
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progressive era, presidential, inauguration day, Artist, president, artist, numismatics, United States Mint, progressivism, medal, Art, art, Roosevelt, Teddy, inaugural, presidency, history, Roosevelt, Theodore, inauguration, Augustus, US Mint
The origin of the teddy bear and the influence of Teddy Roosevelt.
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