"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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"Do not cry; be good children and we shall meet in heaven." Andrew Jackson, our 7th President, lived hard, and died harder, a man who rarely took an easy breath throughout his long life.  Hear about his Presidency, his life after the office, his death, burial, and commemorations!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/04/23/season-3-episode-7-andrew-jacksons-tomb/

Season 1's Andrew Jackson Episode: "Andrew Jackson and the Waxhaws" on his birthplace(s)!

Season 2's Andrew Jackson Episode: "Andrew Jackson and The Hermitage" on his home!

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"This is the last of Earth but I am composed!" Fewer Presidents have had a more difficult Presidency, and given more in their post-Presidency than John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States. Hear about his Presidency, his remarkable life after the office, his death, burial, and commemorations!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/04/09/season-3-episode-6-john-quincy-adams-tomb/

Season 1's John Quincy Adams Episode: "John Quincy Adams and Braintree/Quincy" on his birthplace!

Season 2's John Quincy Adams Episode: "John Quincy Adams and Peacefield" on his home! 

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Another Fourth, another President's death! Hear about the strange afterlife of James Monroe, our first President to die away from his home, and one of the first to be transferred from one state to another! Learn about James Monroe's brief post-Presidency, death, and commemorations!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/03/26/season-3-episode-5-james-monroes-tomb/

Season 1's James Monroe Episode: "James Monroe and Colonial Beach" on his birthplace!

Season 2's James Monroe Episode: "James Monroe and Highland" on his home!

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James Madison, the last of the Founding Presidents to pass, but one supremely focused on his historical legacy. Journey back to Montpelier to check out the simple cemetery with a large obelisk, and what this means for the memory of the Fourth President!  Learn about James Madison's long post-presidency, his death, and the ways he is commemorated!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/03/12/season-3-episode-4-james-madisons-tomb/

Season 1's James Madison Episode: "James Madison and Port Conway" on his birthplace!

Season 2's James Madison Episode: "James Madison and Montpelier" on his home! 

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"Thomas Jefferson surives!"--famous last words. While not true in a corporeal sense, Jefferson's legacy is with us and debated here. Journey back to Monticello to check out the simple cemetery with a large obelisk, and an outsized contribution to our country!  Learn about Thomas Jefferson, Third President, and his long post-presidency, his death, and the ways he is commemorated!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/02/27/season-3-episode-3-thomas-jeffersons-tomb/

Season 1's Thomas Jefferson Episode: "Thomas Jefferson and Shadwell" on his birthplace!

Season 2's Thomas Jefferson Episode: "Thomas Jefferson and Monticello" on his home!

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"Querulous, bald, blind, crippled, toothless" John Adams! And those are the compliments! We are back in Quincy and checking out the church that holds TWO presidents' graves, as well as their spouses!  Learn about John Adams' long post-presidency, his death, and the way he is commemorated!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/02/13/season-3-episode-2-john-adams-tomb/

Season 1's John Adams Episode: "John Adams and Braintree" on his birthplace!

Season 2's John Adams Episode: "John Adams and Peacefield" on his home!

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