Visiting the Presidents

BONUS episode featuring my summer of presidential travels as I fit in as many birthplaces, gravesites, homes, and other sites into one history professor's summer break.  The first of three trips, join me as I visit Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio!

Links to Previous Episodes Mentioned:
Birthplaces
"Rutherford Hayes and Delaware (OH)"
"Warren Harding and Blooming Grove"
"Herbert Hoover and West Branch"
"Dwight Eisenhower and Denison"
"Ronald Reagan and Tampico"

Homes
"Ulysses Grant and Galena"
"Benjamin Harrison and Indianapolis"
"Warren Harding and Marion"
"Harry S Truman and Independence"
"Gerald Ford and Alexandria"
"Barack Obama and Kalorama (and Maui)"

Graves
"Thomas Jefferson's Grave"

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"Oh, Lord God Almighty, as thou wilt!" The final words of James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States, and today regarded as one of the worst. Learn about the end to Buchanan's Presidency, his lonely years after, his death, burial, and other commemorations!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/10/22/season-3-episode-15-james-buchanans-tomb/

Season 1's James Buchanan Episode: "James Buchanan and Cove Gap" on his birthplace!

Season 2's James Buchanan Episode: "James Buchanan and Wheatland" on his home!

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Enigmatic to the end, our 14th President, Franklin Pierce, passed away without family present and no last words recorded. Learn about the end of Pierce's Presidency, his tragic post-Presidency, his death, burial, commemorations, and more!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/10/08/season-3-episode-14-franklin-pierces-tomb/

Season 1's Franklin Pierce Episode: "Franklin Pierce and Hillsborough" on his birthplace!

Season 2's Franklin Pierce Episode: "Franklin Pierce and Concord" on his homes!

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"The nourishment is palatable," the last words of our oft-forgotten 13th President, Millard Fillmore. Learn about the end of Fillmore's Presidency, his active post-Presidency, including his run at the office again, his death, burial, commemorations, and more!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/09/24/season-3-episode-13-millard-fillmores-tomb/

Season 1's Millard Fillmore Episode: "Millard Fillmore and Moravia" on his birthplace!

Season 2's Millard Fillmore Episode: "Millard Fillmore and East Aurora" on his homes!

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"I have tried to discharge my duties faithfully. I regret nothing, but I am sorry that I am about to leave my friends.” The 12th President of the United States, Zachary Taylor was also our second to die in office; like his predecessor, his body will be moved three different times, and even exhumed! Learn about his brief Presidency; his illness and death; his funeral, burial, and commemorations, plus his multiple moves!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/09/10/season-3-episode-12-zachary-taylors-tomb/

Season 1's Zachary Taylor Episode: "Zachary Taylor and Montebello" on his birthplace!

Season 2's Zachary Taylor Episode: "Zachary Taylor and Louisville" on his home!

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"I love you, Sarah, for all eternity, I love you.” So died James Polk, 11th President of the United States, our shortest post-Presidency, and the youngest to die, at the time! Learn about his brief post-Presidency; his illness and death; his funeral, burial, and commemorations, plus his multiple moves!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/08/27/season-3-episode-11-james-polks-tomb/

Season 1's James K Polk Episode: "James K Polk and Pineville" on his birthplace!

Season 2's James K Polk Episode: "James K Polk and Columbia" on his home!

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"Doctor, I am going. Perhaps it is best.” Our First President to die in a foreign country, John Tyler, 10th President of the United States! Learn about his tumultuous post-Presidency; his illness and death; his funeral, burial, and commemorations, plus his controversial gravesite!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/06/05/season-3-episode-10-john-tylers-tomb/

Season 1's John Tyler Episode: "John Tyler and Greenway Plantation" on his birthplace!

Season 2's John Tyler Episode: "John Tyler and Sherwood Forest" on his home!

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BONUS episode featuring my Christmas break with Presidential travels as I fit in as many birthplaces, gravesites, homes, and other sites into my Visits home between Arizona and Ohio (and New Orleans?). Join me as I Visit Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and Louisiana!

Sites Visited Include:
Abraham Lincoln and Sinking Spring
William Henry Harrison and Grouseland
Abraham Lincoln and Springfield
William Henry Harrison's Tomb
Zachary Taylor's Tomb
Abraham Lincoln's Tomb

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"I wish you to understand the true principles of government; I wish them carried out, I ask nothing more.” Our First Presidential Death: William Henry Harrison exited the world just one month after taking office as the 9th President of the United States, a shocking and tragic end to a long life. Learn about Harrison's brief Presidency; his illness and death; his funeral, burial, and commemorations, plus his gravesite!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/05/21/season-3-episode-9-william-henry-harrisons-tomb/

Season 1's William Henry Harrison Episode: "William Henry Harrison and Berkeley Plantation" on his birthplace!

Season 2's William Henry Harrison Episode: "William Henry Harrison and Grouseland" on his homes!

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"There is but one reliance." Martin Van Buren, our 8th President was a career politician, living and breathing politics to the very end.  Hear about the end of his Presidency, his life after the office, his death, burial, and commemorations!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/05/07/season-3-episode-8-martin-van-burens-tomb/

Season 1's Martin Van Buren Episode: "Martin Van Buren and Kinderhook" on his birthplace!

Season 2's Martin Van Buren Episode: "Martin Van Buren and Lindenwald" on his home!

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