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”
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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 15-James Buchanan and Cove Gap
Listen to This Episode! Don’t mind the (Cove) Gap, James Buchanan’s unsettled birthplace on the edge of the American frontier in Pennsylvania. Learn about Buchanan’s unique, rags-to-riches upbringing and his involvement in Pennsylvania and national politics, as well as what happened to his birthplace at Cove Gap! James Buchanan’s Birthplace State Park page. From PennLive’sContinue reading “Season 1, Episode 15-James Buchanan and Cove Gap”
Season 1, Episode 14-Franklin Pierce and Hillsborough
Listen to This Episode! Franklin Pierce, the only New Hampshirite President, the one with the fly-est hair, and the only one who will require Scuba gear to get to the birth site. Listen as we explore the Pierces of Hillsborough, New Hampshire, as well as Franklin’s unique childhood and riding the coattails of his father’sContinue reading “Season 1, Episode 14-Franklin Pierce and Hillsborough”
Season 1, Episode 12-Zachary Taylor and Montebello
Listen to This Episode! Zachary Taylor, Ol’ Rough and Ready, born in Montebello…hardly a Virginian, but a Southerner through and through. Explore his birthplace(s) and his unique upbringing in the wilds of Kentucky, as well as his rise through the military, as well as how his views on slavery were shaped. Montebello Plantation, from VirginiaIsForLovers.Continue reading “Season 1, Episode 12-Zachary Taylor and Montebello”
Season 1, Episode 10-John Tyler and Greenway Plantation
Listen to This Episode! Staying in the James River region in Virginia, and swinging by Greenway Plantation, home of Governor John Tyler, Sr., and birthplace of President John Tyler, Jr., tenth President! Just down the John Tyler Memorial Highway from William Henry Harrison’s birthplace at Berkeley Plantation, this site is one of the few untouchedContinue reading “Season 1, Episode 10-John Tyler and Greenway Plantation”
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