September 7 is Labor Day in 2020. September 7 also happened to be Labor Day in 1903. On that day, President Theodore Roosevelt gave a speech at the New York State Fair in Syracuse, New York. Roosevelt was born into wealth and privilege in Manhattan, the scion of an upper class Dutch-American family Despite that upbringing, Roosevelt spent his political career fighting for the rights and dignity...
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