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As happens so often with these more obscure Presidents, it took a bit of searching to finally find the grave tucked away in a remote corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1625589197871-NWI1YBXN7NMPR20WBUK2/D65235A6-DE40-4EA1-B365-1579BBF46E2D_1_105_c.jpeg Presidents - The NY, NJ and DC Presidents outdoor tour - Make it stand out The plot for Arthur’s wife “Nell” and children. There are not a lot of pictures of Nell Arthur particularly since she died before her husband became President. But, based on the pictures that are out there, I suspect she was one of the prettier Presidential wives. Looked a bit like Olivia de Havilland in Gone with the Wind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1625590006999-KN51OB9FBX1HXUNDCI7A/IMG_0132.jpeg Presidents - The NY, NJ and DC Presidents outdoor tour - Make it stand out Lindenwald, Martin Van Buren’s home near Kinderhook, New York. This was the most disappointing to not be allowed inside, particularly since Van Buren figured so prominently in A Presidents Story. The comment I probably received more than any other on the book was “Wow, I want to read more about Van Buren!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1625590064225-PT4PX5OLEJBIXR16NEQ3/IMG_0128.jpeg Presidents - The NY, NJ and DC Presidents outdoor tour - Make it stand out A section of the Old Post Road which was apparently a main thoroughfare in Upstate New York in those days. Lindenwald sat strategically next to the road which led many traveling politicians to stop off, pay their respects and share a bit of gossip with Van Buren. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1625590127381-ZO59JEYXQLNDSCNAREKB/IMG_0148.jpeg Presidents - The NY, NJ and DC Presidents outdoor tour - Make it stand out FDR’s place at Hyde Park. I don’t know what the inside looks like but the outside appears due for some upkeep. 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I’m sure there were a lot of political jokes at this poor horse’s expense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1625590348748-OL5CDTU252HXGSAYX34J/IMG_0161.jpeg Presidents - The NY, NJ and DC Presidents outdoor tour - Make it stand out FDR and Churchill outside the first Presidential Library which, again, was not open. The graffiti covered cut outs are from the Berlin Wall after the Iron Curtain fell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1625590397803-MY9O33AH17DLZDCGPRGW/IMG_0170.jpeg Presidents - The NY, NJ and DC Presidents outdoor tour - Make it stand out It was a Roosevelt day as I moved on to Sagamore Hill and Teddy Roosevelt’s place. Like Hyde Park, the setting was beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1625590444413-V4HCWZTX8XPCTTS4X9I5/IMG_0177.jpeg Presidents - The NY, NJ and DC Presidents outdoor tour - Make it stand out Nope, the inside of the house was closed here as well. But, I did find one window that didn’t have the shades drawn. This is what passes for a bootleg for a Presidents geek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1625590496616-Y4MSCMUSBKGIW3QPXIYL/IMG_0180.jpeg Presidents - The NY, NJ and DC Presidents outdoor tour - Make it stand out As near as I can tell, Teddy wasn’t one for sitting on porches and enjoying the view but, he definitely had the option at Sagamore Hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1625590539557-1ASQ9NCE7SID5DL0SEKB/IMG_0187.jpeg Presidents - The NY, NJ and DC Presidents outdoor tour - Make it stand out Like John Tyler, TR had a section set aside as a cemetery for family pets. I don’t know what else but there appears to have been a couple small dogs and at least one whole horse buried here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1625590592780-NF0TD95BJOY1H01Z4KAZ/IMG_0201.jpeg Presidents - The NY, NJ and DC Presidents outdoor tour - Make it stand out TR’s grave is just down the road from Sagamore Hill. It’s a nice plot befitting a President but, as you would expect with him, it’s a robust climb to get to…particularly when it’s 98 degrees out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1625590650566-9EAP1K4V7CLRSKNXHXUD/IMG_0207.jpeg Presidents - The NY, NJ and DC Presidents outdoor tour - Make it stand out Stopped in Princeton, New Jersey to see Grover Cleveland, his wife and daughter Ruth’s graves. Legend has it that Baby Ruth candy bars were named for his daughter who was born while he was President. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1625590703282-S8FFP6BQMWOWJC95HK1C/IMG_0214.jpeg Presidents - The NY, NJ and DC Presidents outdoor tour - Make it stand out This was one of the all time great bonus discoveries. About 50 yards from President Cleveland and family, there was Aaron Burr! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1625590757643-TM7GLNPQX2MFK8HFANNM/IMG_0220.jpeg Presidents - The NY, NJ and DC Presidents outdoor tour - Make it stand out Westland Mansion in Princeton is privately owned now but it was the home of Grover Cleveland after he was President. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1625590796906-YPNSVO4SJW76W7CI4IC4/IMG_0224.jpeg Presidents - The NY, NJ and DC Presidents outdoor tour - Make it stand out This was one of the homes where Woodrow Wilson lived when he was teaching at Princeton. It too is private. I felt a little creepy sneaking around taking pictures of people’s homes but I suspect I was not the first. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1625590836632-QRRLS2HRGLN5LCB79V6M/IMG_0239.jpeg Presidents - The NY, NJ and DC Presidents outdoor tour - Make it stand out I did a quick stop in Philadelphia and did the Independence Hall/Liberty Bell thing. I really liked that George Washington’s chair was the only piece of furniture that remained from the big events at Independence Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1625591176204-YH01GUO6GSCL941WQMV2/IMG_0259.jpeg Presidents - The NY, NJ and DC Presidents outdoor tour - Make it stand out Wilson’s home in DC after he left the Presidency. Again, not open but nice neighborhood. It’s near the embassies which is a great area if you have not been. Wilson is buried in the National Cathedral in DC that is also still closed…and they wouldn’t let me get close enough to take a picture through the window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1625590911922-2KHHIIBYCS2YNYQYSKMS/IMG_0281.jpeg Presidents - The NY, NJ and DC Presidents outdoor tour - Make it stand out William Howard Taft’s grave at Arlington Cemetery. As I always say, if he didn’t exceed his Mama’s expectations by being both President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, she was a hard woman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1625590956438-2CRZQ0TUJCQHAILVA5YK/IMG_0932.PNG Presidents - The NY, NJ and DC Presidents outdoor tour - Make it stand out Finally, the other reason for this trip was to see the Washington Nationals play in their home park. I’ve now seen all but one team play in their home park. But I had no idea that the Nationals mascots were George, Thomas, Abe and Teddy. Almost too much fun for one Presidents/Baseball enthusiast to absorb in one go. https://bradmckim.com/presidents/2020/6/7/book-review-a-lincoln-by-ronald-c-white monthly 0.5 2020-06-30 https://bradmckim.com/presidents/2020/3/25/a-quick-trip-to-lbjs-ranch monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1585160699162-Z89OLP8A86VYT5061HPW/CcXummIhRJ6yC4a6OYMHsg.jpg Presidents - A Quick Trip to LBJ's Ranch LBJ’s collection of signed pictures from his predecessors. I would like to have this very much. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1585160774879-3HZFYHNU8UJH53ZTHYQP/2lwks03dSnmWKwHrIYsAHA.jpg Presidents - A Quick Trip to LBJ's Ranch LBJ and family gravesites. True to form, LBJ’s stone is just a bit higher than the rest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1585160830086-LN48EVJKLGUGQNWAMJCS/image-asset.jpeg Presidents - A Quick Trip to LBJ's Ranch The reconstructed home where LBJ was born. With an open hall right down the middle, it’s an interesting design and probably makes sense given the Hill Country heat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1585160925498-4IXW4TYSN9L3Y5ZA7ZUO/wlygYRY7QGmSh0u3xhLxjg.jpg Presidents - A Quick Trip to LBJ's Ranch It was cold that day but there were some glimpses of Spring’s coming attractions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1585160983011-DA5IK3ISYWIRMA0JUV8I/axys%25J8oTnedOkQS43z54Q.jpg Presidents - A Quick Trip to LBJ's Ranch The Amphicar. Apparently LBJ had a habit of failing to tell guests that the drive he was taking them on would include a drive across Lake LBJ. That was usually when the meaning of the name of the car would dawn on them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1585161033273-SGDQIOEC79BKXQWMHXHY/%25gZ4DNETTriWGJ9%25FPwnUQ.jpg Presidents - A Quick Trip to LBJ's Ranch The Ranch House. LBJ would often have cabinet meetings under the large tree on the left. Given his reputation for not honoring personal space, I suspect his cabinet members enjoyed his outdoor meetings more than being confined within four walls with him. LBJ would have been a social distancing nightmare. https://bradmckim.com/presidents/2020/2/17/happy-presidents-day-a-couple-more-good-biographies monthly 0.5 2020-02-17 https://bradmckim.com/presidents/2019/8/27/a-few-president-sites-in-london-and-the-south monthly 0.5 2020-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1566942023815-L2ZQX41ZV04NRGHBUG58/T1PUPHPjR8mmV72eUmutMA.jpg Presidents - A Few President Sites in London and the South I was surprised to see this on a side street in London. I’m pretty sure his residency here was very short. As described in A Presidents Story, Van Buren did a brief stint as Jackson’s Minister to Great Britain while he was manipulating John Calhoun out of Jackson’s favor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1566942098903-7E0V4JU4700CO7K5EGK3/Uh2QDFjnRGuibhIX%251VTfQ.jpg Presidents - A Few President Sites in London and the South FDR and Churchill sharing a laugh in Central London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1566942820186-KIWLDRZY5RN397QTNK43/oMC0uK7iRT20b45Mg1F90A.jpg Presidents - A Few President Sites in London and the South Jimmy Carter’s Museum and Library in Atlanta. There is a fair amount of construction going on currently so you might want to hold off rushing for a visit. It’s worth visiting though. The Museum and Library are pretty basic and not particularly exciting but it is in one of the prettiest settings I’ve been to for a Presidential site. In the summer at least there is a nice outdoor market. Georgia peaches are justifiably famous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1566942139682-KXZOPY0BPJALS4UOHMBE/Nr%2BadET0QkK7gT9tf88uWA.jpg Presidents - A Few President Sites in London and the South They have one of the more faithful reproductions of the Oval Office I’ve run across. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1566942194187-32WL1UCS5INRNBHEK3PA/oSf5VNIbRNmboUKiyYPr0Q.jpg Presidents - A Few President Sites in London and the South I admit to being a bit of a Rosalynn Carter fan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1566942250723-MEJD3ZQY0OLM2LLEJ6PS/w6VstVwHTE6YjrNwe9f9Rw.jpg Presidents - A Few President Sites in London and the South Always cool to see how big historic moments start simply. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1566942356896-XE50HZ5XVNW96PH3V9R3/DtjVnrvKSJOLbSBSyBkDrw.jpg Presidents - A Few President Sites in London and the South FDR’s “Little White House” in Warm Springs, Georgia. He first started going here to “take the baths” on the theory that it might help him with his polio induced paralysis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1566942295764-8G5W1U8REA946J96JTN4/6zcHc5w3RMiCke8KhJv0og.jpg Presidents - A Few President Sites in London and the South They have a nice museum there. Despite being paralyzed from the waist down, FDR loved to drive and had hand operated cars manufactured for that purpose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1566942401357-OS38QU65D45KXVX4IJT8/UyvrmmkgQcCnXfp5hM56VQ.jpg Presidents - A Few President Sites in London and the South FDR died at the Little White House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1566942449562-B9YLY73616OBN36JA6SZ/%2BXunaG5WRfqTUqSsaNciQw.jpg Presidents - A Few President Sites in London and the South The Little White House is one of those sites that I highly recommend. It is little changed from when FDR passed away which I always find very interesting and remarkable. https://bradmckim.com/presidents/2019/6/30/8cmdvzj6zuid6rrmqx8j4ytssunqpf monthly 0.5 2020-06-07 https://bradmckim.com/presidents/2019/4/30/the-ohio-presidents-tour monthly 0.5 2022-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1556664508641-DWOFDYMSEB3S50LC63NJ/ScNRrWtkS2SoEUNZc6g2vA.jpg Presidents - The Ohio Presidents Tour This is Rutherford B. Hayes’ home in Fremont, Ohio. It was called Spiegel Grove. They did not allow picture taking inside the house which was unfortunate because most of the furnishings are original from when Hayes and his family lived in the house. It started as a 4000 square foot house but eventually was 21,000 square feet. One of my favorite President homes ever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1556664589814-8KVCWF6MDBTKSFYNMELD/S3LocgNVSlSSzy7LhHLo7A.jpg Presidents - The Ohio Presidents Tour President Hayes was buried a short walk from the house. Despite winning one of the most controversial elections in our history, he appears to have still enjoyed a reputation for high integrity. After he left office he and his wife continued to serve for many worthy causes. If he had lived a hundred years later he would have been known as a civil rights activist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1556664694155-HAPJEOL8IAJ1KUX1YH9C/0e4uuc95SdeYAsOAR2vgRg.jpg Presidents - The Ohio Presidents Tour This was too good to resist, particularly for an old BP hand. Hayes’ birthplace in Delaware, Ohio hasn’t been given a real prominent display. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1556664739169-9Z9IET99QIFWJ7O6C0RF/QDc%2BmyfoTw%2B4KI1PGKK77w.jpg Presidents - The Ohio Presidents Tour James Garfield’s home just outside of Cleveland in Mentor. They only give tours on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays so I was only able to walk around the perimeter. Garfield was quite an orator so, even though it was still unseemly for a candidate to openly campaign to be President, Garfield gave a lot of speeches from this front porch in 1880. It was the first of a series of “Front Porch Campaigns” for the next several elections. Wouldn’t it be nice to just go to the candidate’s house and hear him or her speak? Would save a lot of money and a lot of grandstanding I suspect… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1556664802722-0YWX2RP6KD3D9E4YR13U/94aju6s9TgemnsqDx%25xxCQ.jpg Presidents - The Ohio Presidents Tour This is William McKinley’s tomb in Canton, Ohio. It is apparently the largest monument for any of our Presidents. I was very surprised by this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1556664857658-NWQ1RYBJADC9JEHVJ0HC/Ia8Ec8H7TwiF4%25ukeLo9Wg.jpg Presidents - The Ohio Presidents Tour A bit about McKinley. By all accounts, a really decent guy. I visited the Pro Football Hall of Fame while I was in Canton as well. I really like football but did find it a little sad that mine was the only car in the parking lot at the McKinley Memorial but the Hall of Fame parking lot was packed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1556664916664-HUXKOTP584NVGQDLU2L0/k25R7c7wTIOqfhSvtuWqhg.jpg Presidents - The Ohio Presidents Tour McKinley was very devoted to his wife Ida who suffered from epilepsy. Legend has it that when she would have a seizure her husband would calmly throw a ‘kerchief over her head’ until the seizure abated. Sounded a bit cold to me but the contemporary accounts always seem to be touched by the whole display. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1556664990707-W6EDEHPDJC51S2WGSIJT/eSnGjgEpQ2KCvtTZ0LLiNg.jpg Presidents - The Ohio Presidents Tour Warren G. Harding’s home in Marion, Ohio. It is closed for refurbishing but I braved the rain and cold to get this picture…just for you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1556665043651-PSA5KB1QC2WYZAFC469H/8w7iuPeBSeuDvlpJlaBtcw.jpg Presidents - The Ohio Presidents Tour This is the monument to Harding in Marion. Again, I was surprised by the grandeur of this. Ohio makes a fuss over its Presidents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1556665104072-BM5S60AOIL80257BJ9EA/%25Zii%2Be6bTyqHD2R9T0W07g.jpg Presidents - The Ohio Presidents Tour Harding’s and his wife’s graves. He turned out to be less than savory in many ways so, again, I was surprised. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1556665170360-F2FO86R1AEACZH6BUSA5/65s%25axJFQfuBFv1ZkDi33A.jpg Presidents - The Ohio Presidents Tour William Howard Taft’s childhood home in Cincinnati. They don’t have a lot of the original furnishings so I can’t say I recommend it highly. It may also have something to do with the fact that I managed to hit the house at the same time as a busload of senior citizens from upstate New York who were not nearly as curious about Taft as they were about where they were going to stop and eat next. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1556665273125-Q27HEIOI9XMCGR5MEE1S/yVDjMyFUQLG7Jsipva6%25lg.jpg Presidents - The Ohio Presidents Tour Taft is a favorite of mine. He was the only man to serve as President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. If that didn’t make his Mama proud, she was a hard woman. I liked this early time lapse sequence of him finding out he had been nominated to run for President. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1556665221893-ULTLUTGIDBT80LE9KOS4/u8X0AkT9TiOcPWAD2TCqaw.jpg Presidents - The Ohio Presidents Tour William Henry Harrison’s tomb at North Bend, Ohio. You will recall that Harrison died after only a month in office. This site is way out of the way but it’s a lovely spot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1556665375742-BM5SB2HWQJKGO17IW8F9/V%25R67ddSQzGwshcEafAWIg.jpg Presidents - The Ohio Presidents Tour I thought the entrance to the tomb was cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1556665431578-GA68UGEWQKLITAZRZCYI/QtVfQ7HyQNeZ8FuRgtAbCA.jpg Presidents - The Ohio Presidents Tour I find it amazing when one of the 44 people who have held our highest office is tucked away in a tomb that you really have to be looking for to find. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1556668981651-ZF6S5RBPHPS5ZAGJKMTN/rd0Pe3VNSZSim39Z3Sj1lg.jpg Presidents - The Ohio Presidents Tour The view from Harrison’s tomb. This is standing in Ohio looking across the river at Kentucky. It reminded me of Alexis de Tocqueville’s vivid description of the stark contrast between free Ohio and slaveholding Kentucky during the 1840s. The passage is quoted in Part IV, Chapter 1 of A Presidents Story. Read it again—I think it’s one of the best arguments ever against slavery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1556665501083-KD8HKDZEV1LH70LI8ETG/upvu51H8S4%2B1dFgL0kloKA.jpg Presidents - The Ohio Presidents Tour Finally, I visited Benjamin Harrison’s house in Indianapolis. Even though he was born and raised in Ohio, the 23rd President became a Hoosier. He was the grandson of William Henry Harrison. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1556665565359-X04P67FW7ATQ16DIRVOA/dMD28C1LQOaQCPT9gre5vQ.jpg Presidents - The Ohio Presidents Tour Harrison collected canes. Apparently, they were considered quite a fashion accessory in the late 19th century, whether you needed one or not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1556665607957-HBUBHPGQY7A679N1P2K3/LGSVw%258ZRqujdXMcmIIHVw.jpg Presidents - The Ohio Presidents Tour A local whittler made Harrison a cane with the face and name of every President that preceded Harrison carved into it. I wanted it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1556665662544-GV92U1MVAXW63K6IC2NW/97YoETkGQqKUQY2HjbeLqQ.jpg Presidents - The Ohio Presidents Tour Harrison’s home is another hidden treasure. The majority of the items in the house belonged to the Harrison family. This is the bed where both he and his first wife Caroline died. The guide said that Caroline died while Harrison was running for reelection in 1892. After she died, he suspended his campaign. Remarkably, his opponent Grover Cleveland suspended his campaign as well to show his respect for the First Lady. One of those “oh for the good old days” moments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1556665702392-TVWQXSHH8FARNZAYZH1W/svzOUF0xQHSzFBAsvuLHOg.jpg Presidents - The Ohio Presidents Tour Harrison had an outstanding reputation in Indianapolis that was only tarnished late in life when he remarried. This is his second wife. It’s also his first wife Caroline’s sister’s daughter or, in other words, his niece. That was a bit creepy to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1556665752507-VSU6V2ZZJWTVSB24ZK5K/B8FjLw4RRrqx3Wne3hyrfQ.jpg Presidents - The Ohio Presidents Tour My last stop was to visit the cemetery in Indianapolis where President Harrison is buried. His first wife is on one side, his second wife (and niece) is on the other. Might be an awkward afterlife. https://bradmckim.com/presidents/2019/4/9/nice-bit-of-press-for-a-presidents-story monthly 0.5 2025-01-05 https://bradmckim.com/presidents/2019/2/18/my-top-ten-president-biographies monthly 0.5 2024-07-12 https://bradmckim.com/presidents/2018/12/30/a-presidents-story-and-your-book-club monthly 0.5 2020-06-07 https://bradmckim.com/presidents/2018/10/31/november-update-book-festivals-and-more-presidents-sites monthly 0.5 2023-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1541032837560-G6OGQLIZC1G1QXJF6FC2/56054572317__41096545-A930-4C84-BCEE-ADF449FE5D75.JPG Presidents - November Update--Book Festivals and More Presidents sites At the Williamsburg Festival. I was given the table right by the entrance which I thought was great. I learned that you actually want to be somewhere in the middle… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1541034056392-WTUWJB0SROC5YXOG7E1V/fJMhdDRDQcG5tx7VerFg0A.jpg Presidents - November Update--Book Festivals and More Presidents sites This is John Tyler’s home at Sherwood Forest Plantation. I highly recommend visiting this site near Charles City, Virginia. It is the only President’s home that has remained continuously in the same family right up to the present day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1541033231555-SJB12WQABJV8DUK8DKYS/Onxc%2BSbuQl2ZhHkoeKaPYw.jpg Presidents - November Update--Book Festivals and More Presidents sites As described in my book, Sherwood Forest was filled with Tyler’s many children and their numerous pets. So there is a fairly extensive pet cemetery which includes President Tyler’s long time horse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1541033386851-CRCN862RKLGBHAKXH4ZU/XWLMWmcgTl68ZNH0dEaCzw.jpg Presidents - November Update--Book Festivals and More Presidents sites Berkeley Plantation is also near Charles City, Virginia. It is where William Henry Harrison (9th President) was born. His father Benjamin Harrison was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and one of Virginia’s most prominent citizens. The delightful tour guide said that no less then ten U.S. Presidents were in this house at one time of another. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1541034582415-H9LQOKMTMWDMWGOUEIID/d83BaTuPSNyxRKpzgm9Chg.jpg Presidents - November Update--Book Festivals and More Presidents sites John Tyler’s gravesite in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1541034493588-26DA7DJ50LLU43B3VKCS/oKzi0mxMQPaBbgzqF6GWxQ.jpg Presidents - November Update--Book Festivals and More Presidents sites Somewhat to my surprise, James Monroe’s tomb was just a few steps away from Tyler’s in Hollywood Cemetery. Jefferson Davis is also buried in the same cemetery. Not shown here is Elizabeth Monroe’s modest plot at the side of President Monroe’s impressive structure. Not sure how that’s going over in the afterlife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1541034825452-RRZAW5TYXNMAFP7LCCKL/ZaXnhFgaS%25Sa24jvQVpp1g.jpg Presidents - November Update--Book Festivals and More Presidents sites We moved on to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania where Kay got chummy with this fellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1541034926251-4YH5DCWRF8FKINLLT1IN/eQ77DB6xRnqJt6hfW41nUQ.jpg Presidents - November Update--Book Festivals and More Presidents sites I don’t know if I just don’t have high testosterone levels or what, but I’ve never been much of a war history buff. I’ve always preferred the personalities and issues of the day than tales of strategy and slaughter. Nonetheless, Gettysburg is impressive and sobering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1541035098902-4APP5RXW67SUFLUG5GWL/noKEcTamQja1S2m4sq%2B3Xg.jpg Presidents - November Update--Book Festivals and More Presidents sites Our 15th President, James Buchanan, graces the cover of A Presidents Story. We visited his home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The estate was called Wheatland and it is a very well maintained historical site. The older gentleman who led us on a tour of the home was funny, knowledgeable and, in Kay’s words, “adorable.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1541035430449-UNTFEDWRIC1U59SW2I6K/5504oa0hTN2f4gm4aZKSFg.jpg Presidents - November Update--Book Festivals and More Presidents sites Wheatland is filled with many original items from Buchanan’s life. This is the room where he died. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1541035521531-XHTMGJOUA2QZM312VC5D/nWjJ5y9KTfqQZcuaE6zFYQ.jpg Presidents - November Update--Book Festivals and More Presidents sites Buchanan’s grave in Lancaster at Woodward Hill Cemetery. He was not a popular figure by the time he left the Presidency but his gravesite is well manicured befitting a man who held our highest office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1541035687515-PAWITM14JOKHIVREXT0X/Ar4gXNS9Q3a9aCJVJiYTPQ.jpg Presidents - November Update--Book Festivals and More Presidents sites My table at the Fort Worth Book Festival. One of the things I learned early in this process is that chocolate is a fairly sure-fire magnet for getting people to come take a peek at your book. https://bradmckim.com/presidents/2018/8/21/my-take-on-hamilton monthly 0.5 2018-11-01 https://bradmckim.com/presidents/2018/9/4/z9101nmm9rbhapk7twqtw3kob78lka monthly 0.5 2019-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1536085400622-6UNY1WKOP1SHNO7BDEZH/ZSxQHlOEQzWd2%25UwurRaCw.jpg Presidents - September Update and the 2018 Midwest Presidential historical sites tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1536083542047-1CRM0ZNZG8TJ67NABF5F/ORam7naITKa9bv04LNgCAg.jpg Presidents - September Update and the 2018 Midwest Presidential historical sites tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1536083607732-BORJY5FLDTKNLQB4PBNN/Z3LR1wtUT5G52N0nzdadZA.jpg Presidents - September Update and the 2018 Midwest Presidential historical sites tour Abraham Lincoln's home in Springfield, Illinois. Born in Kentucky but this is where he came of age as a lawyer and politician. Remarkably well maintained with about 60% of the furnishings being originals that belonged to Lincoln and his family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1536083675818-UHFH44EJLOSKS6EDB8AD/9px9PFfsQA2PMNl9Q7rT2g.jpg Presidents - September Update and the 2018 Midwest Presidential historical sites tour Lincoln's desk in his house which seemed a bit awkward for a 6' 4" man. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1536083727546-KZOJ1SM8QHAAJN81R2OQ/OQ2%2540eEQN6zMeQ4g8pvNA.jpg Presidents - September Update and the 2018 Midwest Presidential historical sites tour These marbles were dug up in the back yard during the most recent restoration of Lincoln's home. There is little doubt that they belonged to Lincoln's children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1536083801711-VL3UCIB92TSNVT6NJAX5/ugvJKWsrQ4uO1ZVahG%2Bbwg.jpg Presidents - September Update and the 2018 Midwest Presidential historical sites tour Lincoln's Tomb in Springfield. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1536083856618-7DFVWSYS4RS09TK48EXM/FyUfkPDaT92LLLO4QJcvFw.jpg Presidents - September Update and the 2018 Midwest Presidential historical sites tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1536083934145-PA0DI697KRUHYMU8B5YA/2uzInYhdTNGG7ZktIoJO7g.jpg Presidents - September Update and the 2018 Midwest Presidential historical sites tour Went on to Tampico, Illinois to see Reagan's birthplace. To say that Tampico is out of the way is an understatement. But it was worth the drive as there are some wonderful folks in Tampico who take a lot of pride in their favorite son. He was actually born in an apartment above the bank in the picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1536083990794-S66BJ5Q09BW6FWCZ413T/ou4D7bmeT8mbshcEWHIZLw.jpg Presidents - September Update and the 2018 Midwest Presidential historical sites tour Reagan was born in this room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1536084045570-957G9BWQTMV9NK7THYUJ/NEHCNttjRHS9DuLwx8I4zQ.jpg Presidents - September Update and the 2018 Midwest Presidential historical sites tour Even though Reagan's family was not well off, the apartment that they rented above the bank was actually pretty nice. There was a small adjacent apartment with a window that opened between the two apartments. The smaller apartment was rented by a woman who would watch Reagan when Reagan's mother had to go out. They would pass the baby back and forth through the window. This was a letter that Reagan sent her on her 93rd birthday just before he took office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1536084094629-EF90OK2UPF8T80MWD1DV/t9YwHqofS3OHKfKYTz9XhQ.jpg Presidents - September Update and the 2018 Midwest Presidential historical sites tour Reagan lived in this house in Tampico for a few years as well. It's privately owned but still seemed odd to see toys and yard equipment laying about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1536084155986-KOVDFRVHQNCSNBPI8C5Q/uMo1CJa2RRCLFFKNssGM5Q.jpg Presidents - September Update and the 2018 Midwest Presidential historical sites tour Finally, I went to one of my favorite places in the world, the Herbert Hoover Museum and Library in West Branch, Iowa. If you get a chance, go visit. Hoover was a fascinating man no matter what your high school history books may have told you and West Branch is a delightful little town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1536084215424-8X287A88946JROD845XK/xYeLH77ISBu02xj3ZKN6Cg.jpg Presidents - September Update and the 2018 Midwest Presidential historical sites tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59fcca0bf09ca48aef13475d/1536084265906-N10JRFGPUHB8ADND8M64/IMG_0291.JPG Presidents - September Update and the 2018 Midwest Presidential historical sites tour I had the privilege of doing a book signing event in the lobby of the Hoover Museum and Library. Here I am with Tom Schwartz, Director of the Museum and Library and a very nice fellow. 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