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- Locations: Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, First Ladies National Historic Site, Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site, Roosevelt Campobello International Park, The White House and President's Park
- Locations: Colonial National Historical Park, Fort Necessity National Battlefield, George Washington Memorial Parkway, George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Independence National Historical Park, more »
George Washington was perhaps the one indispensable man among the founders. It is hard to imagine any of the others commanding the respect needed to lead the Continental Army to victory over Great Britain, preside over the Constitutional Convention, and serve the United States as its first president.
- Locations: Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park, The White House and President's Park
- Locations: First Ladies National Historic Site, General Grant National Memorial, The White House and President's Park, Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site
- Locations: Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site, Roosevelt Campobello International Park, The White House and President's Park
- Locations: Harry S Truman National Historic Site, The White House and President's Park
President Harry S Truman took America from its traditional isolationism into the age of international involvement. Despite his power, he never forgot where he came from. Today, visitors can experience the surroundings Truman knew as a young man of modest ambition through his political career and final years as a former president.
On August 19, 1946, William (Bill) Jefferson Blythe III was born to Virginia Cassidy Blythe. He grew up in small town in southern Arkansas, and was raised by an pretty standard family. But the people in that family, and the desire Bill had to learn more about people, helped this young boy grow into a president of the United States.
- Locations: Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, The White House and President's Park
Andrew Johnson was a Tennessee politician and Vice President of the United States who ascended to the presidency in April 1865 upon the death of Abraham Lincoln. His benign approach to the reintegration of Southerners into the Union following the Civil War contributed to his impeachment in 1868, which failed in the Senate by a single vote.
- Locations: Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, Ford's Theatre, Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park, Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Lincoln Home National Historic Site, more »
Last updated: December 19, 2023