About the Legendary Teddy
Bear
Who hasn’t loved a Teddy? Young
and old alike, we have all loved and still do love Teddy Bears.
Here’s a little fun
information on how the lovable Teddy came to be.
Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th
President of the United States in the year 1901-1905, loved nature, the great
outdoors and the sport of hunting.
On
one particular hunting expedition in Mississippi there seemed to be no bears
to be found and the trip was considered to be a failure.
Then after 3 days with their
hunting dogs leading the way, they came across an old bear. They followed this
old bear for quite a distance and the bear became tired. The dogs attacked and
injured the old bear. The bear was then tied to a tree and the president was
notified...finally after 3 days of searching here was a bear for him to shoot!
After looking at the old injured
bear President Roosevelt said no one was to shoot this bear for sport that
would not be good sportsmanship.
He
had the bear shot to end its painful misery.
After that hunting expedition
the bear became associated with President Roosevelt in cartoons illustrated in
the Washington Post by Clifford Berryman.
One day a shopkeeper, Morris
Michtom displayed two stuffed bears of his wife’s in the store fronts window.
Because of all the publicity that Berryman’s cartoon received, he seized the
moment and came up with an idea and asked the President if he could call the
bears “Teddy’s bears.”
From there our beloved Teddy
Bear's name caught on and became one of the most loved stuffed toys of all
time.