Trump brings Roosevelt’s Medal of Honor as a gift during library’s dedication
President Donald Trump poses with Theodore Roosevelt’s Medal of Honor during the dedication of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library on July 1, 2026, in Medora, North Dakota. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library
President Donald Trump speaks to a crowd July 1, 2026, at the Burning Hills Amphitheatre in Medora, N.D., in front of people portraying Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders. Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor
U.S. Forest Service personnel monitor a bluff by horseback during a visit from President Donald Trump on July 1, 2026, in Medora, N.D. Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor
By Jacob Orledge and Michael Achterling, North Dakota Monitor President Donald Trump presented a new artifact for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library during its dedication ceremony Wednesday — the Medal of Honor awarded to Roosevelt.
The medal had been displayed in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
“I thought this would be a … really appropriate place to have it,” Trump said after being…
