[Nfb-krafters-korner] OT: learn more about national teddy bear day

[Jody ianuzzi]

Oh that is interesting! Thank you

JODY

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> On Sep 10, 2017, at 1:04 PM, Bernice via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jody,
> 
> No, he wasn't named after Chirchill.  Here is what google says.
> 
> The "Winnie" part of the name came from a visit to the London Zoo, where
> Milne saw a black bear who had been named after the city of Winnipeg,
> Canada. ... Well, originally Pooh was a swan, a different character
> entirely.
> 
> Bernice and the sweet Octane.  I wonder who named him?  Probably someone
> from an oil company donated money.
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> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] OT: learn more about national teddy bear
> day
> 
> I know the teddy bear was named after teddy Roosevelt but I wonder if Winnie
> the Pooh was named after Winston Churchill?
> 
> JODY
> 
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> Weihenmayer
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>> On Sep 9, 2017, at 7:11 PM, Ramona Walhof via Nfb-krafters-korner
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Cathy, great trivia!
>> 
>> I never dreamed the teddy bear was named after Theodore Roosevelt.  His
> nick
>> name was T D I understand.  But few people remember that.  
>> Ramona
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>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] OT: learn more about national teddy bear
> day
>> 
>> 
>> *Learn More about National Teddy Bear Day
>> 
>> 
>> In 1902, American President Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear cub
>> while hunting in Mississippi.  This incident made national news. Clifford
>> Berryman published a cartoon of the event in the Washington Post on
> November
>> 16th, 1902.  The caricature became an instant classic.
>> 
>> The Berryman cartoon of Teddy Roosevelt and the cub inspired New York
> store
>> owner Morris Michtom to create a new toy.  Morris Michtom wrote President
>> Roosevelt to ask permission to name the new toy a "Teddy Bear".
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Have a great day!!
>> 
>> Cathy F
>> 
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