Why was the teddy bear named after Theodore Roosevelt?
“The name Teddy Bear comes from one of Theodore Roosevelt’s hunting trips. There were several other hunters competing, and most of them had already shot something. A few friends of Roosevelt who were hunting with hounds treed a bear after a long and exhausting chase and suggested Roosevelt shoot it. He refused to shoot it himself, deeming this unsportsmanlike, but instructed that the treed bear be killed to put it out of its misery, and it became the topic of a political cartoon. A small town toy shop owner saw the cartoon, and asked the president if she could manufacture stuffed bears named as “Teddy’s Bears”. He approved, and the name has stuck ever since.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_bear ” In November 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt and some of his friends went on a hunting trip to Mississippi. After hours of searching, Roosevelt and his group had not come across any wild animals. Finally, the group did track down and surrounded a helpless bear. One of the guides asked th
