Season 1, Episode 23-Benjamin Harrison and North Bend

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Season 1, Episode 23: Benjamin Harrison and North Bend

Travel to North Bend, Ohio, the home of one president and the birthplace of another, his grandson! Benjamin Harrison, our fourth Ohio President, and the only grandson of a president to join granddad (and serve a full term), learn about Benjamin Harrison and his efforts to live up to the family legacy!

Benjamin Harrison birthplace by Touring Ohio.

Cleveland Plain Dealer’s article on North Bend.

Harrison-Symmes Memorial Museum, Benjamin’s family legacy.

Be sure to check out Benjamin Harrison’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 2, “Benjamin Harrison and Indianapolis”!

From My June 2015 Visit!

The other side of the Harrison marker. 😦
Benjamin Harrison Marker.

From my August 2020 Visit!

Benjamin Harrison Birthplace Marker
At the Benjamin Harrison Birthplace!
New signage at the Harrison Tomb on North Bend!

From My July 2022 Visit!

At Benjamin Harrison’s sign
Benjamin’s sign
The other side of the sign, about Benjamin’s grandfather.
Signage about the North Bend plantation, at the gravesite nearby
William Henry Harrison content
More on William Henry Harrison
North Bend estate, William Henry’s home and Benjamin’s birthplace (burned in 1859).
North Bend Estate in background.
North Bend estate along the Ohio River.
The Point, the home where John Scott moved young Benjamin and his siblings.
The only surviving indication of the “The Point” farm.
The Point marker setting.
Benjamin Harrison Portrait by Eastman Johnson.

Benjamin Harrison Birthplace: 23 Washington Avenue, North Bend, Ohio.

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