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Remembering the Rough Riders and the San Juan Hill Charge
By Elmo Scott Watson thirty years past in Cuba the Rough Riders led by Theodore Roosevelt became a legendary unit. The article recalls their diverse makeup, the reality of their San Juan Hill action on July 1, and their enduring memorials in Arlington Cemetery and Cuba's San Juan Hill National Park.
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Elmo Scott Watson Hirty
San Juan
Bill
Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Rider
White House
United States
First
United States Volunteer Cavalry
Puble
San Antonio
Tampa
Fla
Cuba
Los Guasimas
Wood
Young
Joe’ Wheeler
Theodore Soosevelt
San Juan Hill
Kettle Hill
Roosevelt
Shutter
Santiago
Carl Russell Fish
Yale University Press
Dawkins
New York
Kottla Hill
Kettle Amy
Hawklinn
Hawkins
Stough
Nettle Nh
Machado
Arington National Cemetery
United States Volunteer Infantry
Las Guaslings
Capron
O'Neill
Kane
Luna
Hall
Carr, Tiffany
Leonard Wood