Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site- New York City

Completing out a Very Presidential trip through New York City was a visit to the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace.

We wanted to go here on our last trip, but this site was going through some upgrades, and was closed at that time.

So, we stopped by here one morning and had a great time.  We thought we might be here a half an hour to an hour, but we ended up staying for over 2 hours.

There is a small but very attractive museum in the front area.  An absolutely Holy Grail level display case houses the shirt, notes, and glasses case penetrated by the bullet of John Shrank during an assassination attempt on former President Roosevelt.

The unsuccessful assassination attempt happened in 1912 in Milwaukee.  See my photos from that site here.  The bullet was slowed by Roosevelt's glasses case, notes, and shirt, but it did go into Teddy's body.  It would be with him for the rest of his life.  And, as a side note to Teddy's toughness, he refused to go to the hospital at that time...  and he went on to deliver a 90 minute speech as scheduled.

Anyway, it was a true thrill getting to see these amazing relics.

We watched a very well done movie on Teddy's childhood at the home, and then we took a great tour of the home. 

The Birthplace is actually a reproduction but it is on the same site as the original home.   Our tour went through several rooms, and we had a guide that knew her history, and was a very funny lady.