This day is credited

as the birthday of the first Teddy Bear in 1902!


History of the Teddy Bear

I didn't know this. It's also another special day, but I won't go on about something else in this post.

Most of the kids I knew in my generation had a special teddy bear or stuffed animal, I think. Mine was a teddy bear with only one eye. Long story. Anyway, I have a teddy bear now that has even been in a special stuffed teddy bear exhibit in a local museum/gallery. But he's not famous. He was a gift from a dear friend, so he's famous to me. Or at least special...