Origin of %22the teddy bear%22%3A one is that some friends of Roosevelt clubbed a semi-tame black bear%2C tied it to a tree and encouraged TR to shoot it. He refused%2C saying he would not partake in such pathetic conduct. Cartoon done by Clifford Berryman in The Washington Post in 1902. Click to enlarge
Origin of %22the teddy bear%22%3A one is that some friends of Roosevelt clubbed a semi-tame black bear%2C tied it to a tree and encouraged TR to shoot it. He refused%2C saying he would not partake in such pathetic conduct. Cartoon done by Clifford Berryman in The Washington Post in 1902. Click to enlarge