Listen to This Episode! 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 familyContinue reading “Season 1, Episode 23-Benjamin Harrison and North Bend”
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Season 1, Episode 22-Grover Cleveland and Caldwell
Listen to This Episode! Grover Cleveland, our 22nd and 24th president, the only to serve non-consecutive terms and our only Garden State President! One of our birthplace commemorations currently working on improving the site, with a planned visitors center out back! The Grover Cleveland Birthplace Memorial Association. The Grover Cleveland Birthplace from the National ParksContinue reading “Season 1, Episode 22-Grover Cleveland and Caldwell”
Season 1, Episode 21-Chester Alan Arthur and Fairfield
Listen to This Episode! Chester Alan Arthur, one of our lesser known Presidents (even for the Gilded Age), the fourth man to ascend to the office from the vice presidency (the second because of an assassination) and another birthplace controversy! Check out Chester Alan Arthur’s birthplace commemorations in Fairfield, Vermont, the first of two GreenContinue reading “Season 1, Episode 21-Chester Alan Arthur and Fairfield”
Season 1, Episode 20-James Garfield and Moreland Hills
Listen to This Episode! Our third straight Buckeye President, and among the most brilliant, James Garfield, born on the banks of the Cuyahoga! One of the stronger birthplace commemorations (save the weird statue!) and fitting tributes to another of the log cabin Presidents! James Garfield Birth Site Monument from Ohio Traveler. James Garfield Birth SiteContinue reading “Season 1, Episode 20-James Garfield and Moreland Hills”
Season 1, Episode 19-Rutherford Hayes and Delaware (OH)
Listen to This Episode! Rutherfraud? What isn’t a fraud is the birthplace improvements done to Rutherford Birchard Hayes’ birth commemoration in Delaware, Ohio. The only birth site that is now a gas station, today there is a bit more celebration of Hayes’ life and contributions in this lovely town! Rutherford Hayes Birthplace (original commemoration) fromContinue reading “Season 1, Episode 19-Rutherford Hayes and Delaware (OH)”
Season 1, Episode 18-Ulysses Grant and Point Pleasant
Listen to This Episode! U.S. Grant, hero of the Civil War and 18th President of the United States, born on the banks of the Ohio River in Point Pleasant, Ohio! Ulysses was…not great at almost everything he tried…until the Civil War, and from there, leapfrogged into the presidency, and is today ranked towards the bottomContinue reading “Season 1, Episode 18-Ulysses Grant and Point Pleasant”
Season 1, Episode 17-Andrew Johnson and Raleigh
Listen to This Episode! Visit the third and final Tar Heel President, Andrew Johnson, born across the street from today’s North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh! Johnson is one of our true rags-to-…power presidents, having to work from a young age and never attending a day of school. Learn about his unique rise to theContinue reading “Season 1, Episode 17-Andrew Johnson and Raleigh”
Season 1, Episode 16-Abraham Lincoln and Sinking Spring
Listen to This Episode! Abraham Lincoln, boy of the frontier: the first President born in what was then the West, the wilds of Kentucky at Sinking Spring outside of Hodgenville. Learn about Lincoln’s rough childhood and family life, his struggle for education, his rise in politics, and what happened to his birthplace site! Abraham LincolnContinue reading “Season 1, Episode 16-Abraham Lincoln and Sinking Spring”
Season 1, Episode 9-William Henry Harrison and Berkeley Plantation
Listen to This Episode! Heading to the James River in Virginia, and William Henry Harrison’s birthplace at the Berkeley Plantation, home to six generations of Harrisons! The only presidential birthplace where the president’s birth is only one of the five most interesting things to happen there. Also, learn about why William Henry Harrison conveniently elidedContinue reading “Season 1, Episode 9-William Henry Harrison and Berkeley Plantation”
Season 1, Episode 4-James Madison and Port Conway
Listen to This Episode! Listen as we visit James Madison’s birth and site at Belle Grove Plantation in Port Conway, along the Rappahannock. While the original home fell into the river (!), you can visit the current Belle Grove Plantation. Learn about Madison’s childhood and education, his family, and what else happened near his birthContinue reading “Season 1, Episode 4-James Madison and Port Conway”
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