International Day of Teddy Bear

the 27th of October (Monday)

In November 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt and his friends went on a hunting trip to Mississippi. After hours of searching, Roosevelt and his group hadn't come across any wild animals. Finally, the group tracked down and surrounded a helpless bear. One of the guides asked the president to shoot the bear so he could win a hunting trophy. The president refused, and news reporters throughout the country spread the story of Roosevelt's act. 

Soon, a famous cartoonist named Clifford Berryman drew a cartoon based on Roosevelt 's rescue of the bear. When a store owner in Brooklyn saw the cartoon, he decided to make toy bears to sell in his shop. He asked president Roosevelt  to use the name “"Teddy's Bear"” for his toys, as a reminder of the bear Roosevelt had rescued. Nowadays,  these toys are widely known as Teddy Bears, but few people know that they were named after President Theodore “"Teddy"” Roosevelt.