the title of today's panel osawatamie then and now, i confess, may be a bit misleading. if you're expecting a pageant with our panel reenacting scenes, you'll be sorely disappointed. i tried to talk them into it but it was a no go. just a little over 100 years ago on august 1st, 1910, former president theodore roosevelt mounted a kitchen table on the grounds of the 2 22-acre state park. he was helping to dedicate john brown state park and delivered what has gone down in history as his new nationalism speech. it certainly wouldn't have gone down in history as the john brown speech since slavery was in that spot. much to the relief of his advisers, i should add, who knew that tr was one of those politicians who also regarded himself as something of a histori historian, although the corporations to this day were not about to pay him for his historical advice. the new nationalism speech would be described by one of tr's many biographers, george mowry, as, quote, the most radical speech ever given. the power to which the extent of a powerful federal government could regulate