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Rough Riders

First US volunteer cavalry brigade. Two days after Congress passed the Volunteer Army Act in April 1898, Spain declared war on the USA. Several hundred men, mainly cowboys, joined the force, which was soon dubbed by the press as the ‘Rough Riders’. The volunteers, led by Lt-Col Theodore Roosevelt, were sent to fight the Spanish in Cuba in June 1898, where they joined a thousand regular army forces under the command of Leonard Wood to win a US victory at the battle of Las Guasimas.

Roosevelt had resigned as assistant secretary of the US Navy to take his commission with the Rough Riders. His presence encouraged a number of Ivy Leaguers (members of the US academic and social elite) to apply to the brigade. Roosevelt's role with the Rough Riders greatly contributed to his reputation as a war hero.
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For example, many weary walkers have spent an enjoyable evening in the lively surrounds of the Drover's Inn at Inverarnan.
Let's talk the walk; Exploring the country on foot - for charity or ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
About 200 hardline BSP fans merrily create havoc while supping pints of Black Sheep alongside weary walkers tramping the Pennine Way, vintage motorbike enthusiasts and a pet sheep called Tammy.
Festival Watch: Sounds of summer by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Words of support and encouragement greeted weary walkers as they reached the checkpoint at The Tandem pub, Waterloo whilst every participant was applauded as they returned to The Galpharm to collect their medal, certificate and much needed bacon sandwich
Remembering the Midnight Memory Walk by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
 
 
 
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