July 21st, 1917 Transcript of the famous “Your Rough Ride is Over” speech given by President Woodrow Wilson at the Lincoln Memorial during the announcement of Theodore Roosevelt’s death Good evening. We are engaged in a brutal and pitiless conflict with a foe that gives no quarter. That enemy has taken his meaty hand, made an iron fist and brought down that fist upon the very heart of these United States.
The end of an era...