Theodore Roosevelt’s stolen pocket watch back at his New York home

Theodore Roosevelt’s pocket watch that was stolen in July 1987 (Jason Wickersty/National Park Service via AP)

A silver pocket watch given to Theodore Roosevelt by his sister and her husband in 1898 and stolen in 1987 has returned home.

It was stolen from an unlocked case at the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site in Buffalo, New York, where it was on loan.