Ka cika wannan jumla: A cikin dukan abubuwan da suka faru a tarihin Lexington, wataƙila abin da aka fi tunawa shi ne ranar da Shugaba Theodore Roosevelt ya zo garin. A yammacin ranar 15 ga Yuli, 1902, taron mutane dubu ashirin sun taru a kusa da Chicago da Alton. An kafa wani dogon tsayi kuma an rufe shi da ja, fari da shuɗi. Shugaban zartarwa kuma gwarzon
San Juan Hill ya girgiza hannun kwamitin maraba, amma ya ƙi barin jirgin. Roosevelt ya ba da ɗan gajeren jawabi mai motsawa daga dandamalin kallo a bayan jirgin. Jama'a suka yi ihu suna amincewa. Wannan ne karo na farko da wani shugaban kasa mai ci ya ziyarci garin.