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Roosevelt Plot Reveals Roosevelt Plot At 1912 GOP Convention
Plans for the 1939 American Legion Convention in Chicago’s Coliseum bring to light a never before told episode from 1912. Charles R. Hall and Philip W. Collins recount a scheme to secretly smuggle Theodore Roosevelt into the Republican convention to boost support for Taft, a plan that was thwarted by barbed wire and a staged, tense standoff. Roosevelt’s son Col. Theodore Roosevelt will attend the 1939 gathering, adding a direct link to the building’s history.
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