Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Daga dukkan abubuwan da suka faru a tarihin Lexington, watakila mafi kyawun abin 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 da gwarzo na San Juan Hill
ya girgiza hannun kwamitin maraba, amma ya ki 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.