Joe Wiegand has been Medora’s Teddy Roosevelt reprisor since 2012. Like the original TR, Joe travels throughout the country, from the White House, to all 50 states, and perhaps someplace nearby you or your family and friends.
Follow Joe’s travels here, and, where possible, enjoy his performances as Theodore Roosevelt. Then book your trip to Medora, where Joe comes to life every summer in our beautiful Old Town Hall Theater.
Theodore Roosevelt comes to life in an entertaining buffet dinner show in the historic Colonial Dining Room at the Menger Hotel. Teddy will take pictures and meet and greet before and during dinner. The show starts with dessert, lasts approximately an hour and concluded with a Q & A.
Join Teddy in commemorating 125 Years of the Rough Riders! On May 16, 1898 Theodore Roosevelt stepped off the train in San Antonio. In the following months volunteers flocked to the city the opportunity to join Roosevelt’s First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment and fight in the Spanish-American War.
These volunteers were men from across the country – Western ranchers and cowboys to East Coast elites – causing one Washington reporter to describe them as a “rough riding outfit.”
Teddy will be making private appearances in San Antonio. Learn about inviting Teddy to your event.
Join Teddy in commemorating 125 Years of the Rough Riders! On May 16, 1898 Theodore Roosevelt stepped off the train in San Antonio. In the following months volunteers flocked to the city the opportunity to join Roosevelt’s First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment and fight in the Spanish-American War.
These volunteers were men from across the country – Western ranchers and cowboys to East Coast elites – causing one Washington reporter to describe them as a “rough riding outfit.”
Teddy will be making private appearances in San Antonio. Learn about inviting Teddy to your event.
Teddy Roosevelt salutes volunteers at the Edgemont Historical Society Trails, Trains, & Pioneers Museum, where resilient volunteers helps recover the museum from flooding.
“Every man owes part of his time and money to the business or industry to which he is engaged. No man has a moral right to withhold his support from an organization that is striving to improve conditions within his sphere.” – Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore’s passion for the west and spirit of conservation inspired a love of Arizona. From his Presidential Tour of the West, to National Reclamation Act, Roosevelt’s legacy can be experienced across the state.
“Leave it as it is. You cannot improve on it. What you can do is to keep it for your children, your children’s children, and for all who come after you.” – Teddy Roosevelt, about the Grand Canyon.
Teddy will also be making private appearances in Phoenix. Learn more about inviting Teddy to your event.
Join Teddy for a Salute to Heros at the Tioga American Legion Post 139.
Theodore Roosevelts ranks amongst the most beloved American veterans. From his legendary charge up San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War to the building of the Navy’s Great White Fleet, Roosevelt’s legacy is indesputable.
But the legacy of the American Legion belongs to Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. – Teddy Roosevelt’s son – who, after his service in WWI, founded of The American Legion.
Teddy’s Georgian roots run deep – in fact he’s half Georgian! Theodore Roosevelt’s mother Martha “Mittie” Bulloch gew up in Bulloch Hall in Roswell, GA. There she and Theodore, Sr. were married in 1853. In 1905 Theodore returned as president in a historic trip through the South.
Today Teddy returns to Salute to Western Art at the Booth Museum of Western Art’s Gala Weekend.
When young Teddy Roosevelt first visited Island Falls, Maine, he fell in love with a secluded area of forest where he visited to quietly read his Bible – now known as Bible Point. There he also met William Sewall and Wilmot Dow, men who would become lifelong friends and who would follow him to Dakota Territory to manage his ranch.
In the come and the go, Teddy may have a chance to say hello, take a picture, visit a school, or take Theodore Roosevelt Association Teddy Bears to your local children’s hospital.
Reach at to Joe Wiegand if you might like to rendezvous.
☏ 701-955-2158
🖃 joew@medora.com
Luxury meets western charm and presidential history at the Historic Rough Riders Hotel, located in the heart of downtown Medora!
Enjoy a modern culinary experience with all the character of the old west at Theodore’s Dining Room located inside the Rough Riders Hotel!
One of Theodore Roosevelt’s most impactful legacies is the conservation of American wild spaces. In 1903 TR set aside Pelican Island Wildlife Refuge as a federal bird reservation. This became the first step in founding the National Wildlife Refuge System which protects 568 national wildlife refuges and 38 wetland management districts today.
Join Teddy at the Pelican Island Wildlife Refuge to learn more about this gift to the American people. Event details coming soon.
Roosevelt became enchanted by Sanibel and Captiva Islands while spending days on a houseboat fishing Pine Island Sound. Today Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge owes it’s history to Roosevelt, who established it in 1908 to protect the area’s pelicans, herons and egrets from the plume trade.
Join Teddy at the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge to learn more about this gift to the American people. Event details coming soon.