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A Theodore Roosevelt library is opening soon. Visitors must pack a bag for North Dakota
The $450 million project aims to honor Roosevelt's legacy in a remote setting resembling the landscape he valued, with $344 million already pledged by major donors.
- A library dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt is set to open in North Dakota on July 4, 2026, coinciding with America's 250th anniversary.
- The facility will cover nearly 100,000 square feet and is being built near Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
- Library Foundation CEO Ed O'Keefe aims for the facility to be a destination for families and events, seeking to attract visitors.
- Clay Jenkinson stated, "I think that's a calculated risk that is being taken, and I actually think it's a good one," regarding the library's location.
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This Presidential Library Might Be 'the Loneliest'
The day his young wife and mother died, Theodore Roosevelt wrote in his diary that "the light has gone out of my life," and it was only through extended trips to the isolated Dakota Territory in the 1880s that he regained "the romance" of living. A library examining the country's...
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A Theodore Roosevelt library is opening soon. Visitors must pack a bag for North Dakota
The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is rising from the rugged Badlands of western North Dakota, where the 26th president roamed as a young man in the 1880s.
·United States
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