Brigadier General Theodore (Ted) Roosevelt, Jr., was President Theodore Roosevelt's oldest son. It is especially good to remember him on D-Day,06 JUN. He was the first General Officer on the beach on D-day. Not only this, but he was leaning on a cane.... from injuries sustained in World War I!!!!
As World War I had been drawing to a close, young Major Ted Roosevelt was asked to help form the American Legion. The picture below is from the preamble to the Legion's constitution. It mentions freedom from the "autocracy of the classes and the masses." Neither mob rule nor oligarchy should define our country. These words are clearly those of Ted, Jr., and his father before him. It's a shame we can't get that balance now! (Of note, the "classes" are mentioned first... definitely a risk in our time... has been growing since the 80s.)
For the record, the "100% Americanism" is of note. Both Ted and his father wanted Americans to define themselves as "Americans without hyphens." (I don't always do this because I do sometimes define myself as German-American. I want to keep my ancestors' culture alive, particularly as I see little actual culture afloat in White America.) But I take the point... and it cuts both ways. It means we also have to let people of other races and other immigration statuses fully integrate as Americans. A lot of White Americans have griped over the years that minorities don't seem to fully integrate but have blocked them when they tried. Not cool.
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