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Inaugural Reenactment UB President John B. Simpson, in period dress, plays the role of Theodore Roosevelt during Tuesday's annual reenactment of Roosevelt's taking the oath of office as the 26th president of the United States. With Simpson is Cindy Abbott Letro, a member of the board of the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site, who played the role of the "narrator." Roosevelt was sworn in as president on Sept. 14, 1901, at the Wilcox Mansion, 641 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, after the assassination of William McKinley. |