The Story Behind Teddy Roosevelt and the Bear in a Wheelchair

Well, America is another year older, so it seems appropriate to honor our post-birthday euphoria with this unique presidential tattoo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UaTHrb1Tr_O_vjU6eIUYlPz-6ehYJLa-W_m27D_b2ZzYurSZjbVFoecDbGlJ4HlLUQhMw00otukmldcHNlw7_SGpwO2cI4sl9Y32rFyXNgZuXFqKqsN3VMhMdoyl4YyBtSd8cBtX9U0/s0-d/IMG_0315.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UaTHrb1Tr_O_vjU6eIUYlPz-6ehYJLa-W_m27D_b2ZzYurSZjbVFoecDbGlJ4HlLUQhMw00otukmldcHNlw7_SGpwO2cI4sl9Y32rFyXNgZuXFqKqsN3VMhMdoyl4YyBtSd8cBtX9U0/s0-d/IMG_0315.JPG" width="252" /></a></div><br />I spotted this piece back in May in Penn Station on the right calf of Emma. And, your eyes are not deceiving you, that's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt">Theodore Roosevelt</a> and a bear cub in a wheelchair.<br /><br />The million dollar question, of course, was "Why do you have Theodore Roosevelt on your leg?" Emma replied:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"The short answer is that I think that he was super bad-ass and he's my favorite president. The long answer is that it came from a long decision process - I was gonna get <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking">Stephen Hawking</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fdr">F.D.R,</a> one on either calves, in wheelchairs, so then they could go for walks together and then I realized that that was just absolutely stupid. So I wanted to keep the wheelchair because I really like the way wheelchairs look and I decided instead of FDR, that I'd choose Teddy because he's my favorite president. And then I stuck the bear in the wheelchair so they could be friends because of all of his [Roosevelt's] naturalism...".</blockquote><span style="background-color: white;">An interesting, well-thought out response, but certainly unusual. In fact, the artist, <a href="http://www.virginiaelwood.com/">Virginia Elwood</a> at <a href="http://www.nyadorned.com/#bg=h">New York Adorned</a>, posted this on her website <a href="http://www.virginiaelwood.com/2009/06/whats-the-weirdest-tattoo-youve-ever-done/">here</a>, under the heading, <i>What's the Weirdest Tattoo You've Ever Done? </i>As Virginia says in her post, "this was her first tattoo and she sat like a champ. Teddy would be proud."</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Thanks to Emma for sharing this wonderful and unusual tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><br /><b id="internal-source-marker_0.3751841203775257" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit</span><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></span></b>

The Story Behind Teddy Roosevelt and the Bear in a Wheelchair

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