When Theodore Roosevelt was twenty-five years old, he pretty much gave up any enthusiasm he ever had for celebrating St. Valentine's Day. On February 14, 1884, he lost his beloved 46 year-old mother, Martha, from typhoid fever and, a few hours later, he also lost his equally beloved wife, Alice, to Bright's disease (a kidney disorder)--two days after she had given birth to his first child.
As a result, Roosevelt abandoned politics for a few years and fled to the Dakota Badlands to pursue ranching and hunting.
As a result, Roosevelt abandoned politics for a few years and fled to the Dakota Badlands to pursue ranching and hunting.
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