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How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America’s National Toy
In 1909, wealthy widow Susie W. Allgood marketed a plush marsupial inspired by President William Howard Taft. But children ...
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Kehoe Rodgers: Saying good-bye to Roosevelt, a field teeming with memories
Every once in a while I’d point to the school and tell Matthew I went to kindergarten there — when it was Roosevelt ...