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A handful of hikers admire Mount Washington from North Twin Mountain in New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest.<\/p><\/div>\n

Today is the day we honor our presidents. I remember when we had two separate holidays in February for specific presidents\u2014one for Lincoln\u2019s birthday and one for Washington\u2019s. But somewhere down the road of watering down holidays to make them just three day weekends and excuses to go shopping, we amalgamated those two days into a generic holiday that now honors all 43 (unless you count Grover twice) of our presidents. So, I guess now we get to raise a glass for some of our not so great presidents-ones like-well, I\u2019ll let your own knowledge of history and partisan leanings dictate who you think should those should be.<\/p>\n

But one name that I wouldn\u2019t mind seeing more honoring for is Roosevelt. And yes, I mean both of them which is my cleaver way of appealing to bipartisan sensibilities; but also because both Franklin and Theodore were truly two of our greatest presidents. And both of them were big champions of our environment and public lands. And since I am about parks, forests, and public lands, I propose that we begin naming more mountains after Roosevelt\u2014either one!<\/p>\n

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Mount Roosevelt reflects beautifully in Snow Lake in Washington’s Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.<\/p><\/div>\n

We have many Mount Washingtons and we should; honoring our first and one of our greatest presidents. My home state of New Hampshire has a Presidential Range<\/a> with 6,288-foot Mount Washington, highest peak in the Northeast being the most prominent. There\u2019s also a Mount Adams, Jefferson, Jackson, Monroe, Madison, Pierce (who? New Hampshire native son and 14th<\/sup> president), Eisenhower (winner of the first NH primary) and even a Mount Reagan. But, no Roosevelt.
\nVermont has a Presidential Range too, and while not as famous as NH\u2019s, it does have a Mount Roosevelt<\/a>! Tennessee has a Mount Roosevelt<\/a> too, and so does South Dakota<\/a>. And Washington has a Mount Roosevelt, although it\u2019s not a distinct peak and it\u2019s often mistaken for an adjacent peak. But hey\u2014it\u2019s a Mount Roosevelt and I\u2019ll take it! So how about it if we can have a few prominent Mount Roosevelts out there.<\/p>\n

Perhaps some of our generic but prominent peaks like Green, Goat, Blue, etc., mountains would make prime candidates for some Mount Roosevelts. It\u2019s great that Teddy at least as his face on Mount Rushmore. But let\u2019s get his and his cousin\u2019s name on more peaks. What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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