American Battle Monuments Commission

Theodore Roosevelt was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. A trailblazer of the Republican Party, he was a leading force of the Progressive Era. Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858. He was the second of four children born to Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt. They lived in New York City. Roosevelt had a very difficult childhood in fighting a sickly form of asthma,…

Introduction Did you know that in France you can marry someone who is deceased? Or that in 1915, the French army was the first militia to use camouflage? Were you aware that the first every artificial heart and face transplant occurred in France? The country of France is filled with many intriguing facts. France is said to be a Western European country. Since the beginning, France has displayed that it is a dominant country. In 1792, France was turned from a kingdom into a republic due to the…