Trivia: Who popularized the Panama hat during a visit to the canal site?
William Howard Taft
Warren G. Harding
Theodore Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The correct answer is Theodore Roosevelt
So why is this answer correct? : Despite their name, Panama hats were originally made in Ecuador. Ecuadorians started making these flat hats out of straw in the 17th century, and began exporting them two centuries later. When Theodore Roosevelt wore his own Panama hat during a visit to the Panama Canal, the photograph made Panama hats Ecuador’s top export.