About this episode

This episode discusses the formation of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders and their connection to the Battle of the Alamo.

Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 131: Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders Just footsteps from where the world-famous Battle of the Alamo was fought, a new generation of frontiersman stepped up to fight for freedom. Legend has it, a future president recruited them inside the Menger Hotel bar - and with their signatures, wrote a new chapter of the Alamo’s already storied history. We reveal why Theodore Roosevelt formed the Rough Riders, where in San Antonio they tra...

People in this episode

Host: The Alamo

Topics covered

• Rough Riders
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Battle of the Alamo
• San Antonio history
• American history
• frontiersmen
• freedom

Keywords

• Teddy Roosevelt
• Rough Riders
• Alamo
• San Antonio
• American history
• frontiersmen
• freedom

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Menger Hotel

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