First Ladies

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  • Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site

    Tour Val-Kill Cottage

    • Type: Things To Do
    • Subtype: Guided Tours
    • Duration: 30 Minutes
    • Reservations: No
    • Pets: No
    • Location: Val-Kill Cottage
    A living room with large desk near a fireplace.

    Everything you need to know about access to Eleanor Roosevelt's home and how to obtain your tickets. Tour days and times change seasonally, so check here for more information on planning your visit.

  • Eisenhower National Historic Site

    Virtual Tour of the Eisenhower Home (High School)

    • Type: Distance Learning
    • Locations: Eisenhower National Historic Site
    • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
    • Subject(s): Social Studies
    A color image of the white brick Eisenhower home

    Join a park ranger to explore the 1950s and 1960s and visit the only home that Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower ever owned! The Eisenhowers used their Gettysburg farm during their years in the White House, as well as in retirement. This virtual program explores the Eisenhower home and story.

    • Type: News
    • Locations: First Ladies National Historic Site
    • Date Released: 2024-07-12
    Left photo of Ida Mckinly sitting down and her husband William McKinley standing next to her. The right photo is of President Rutherford Hayes sitting down with his wife Lucy Hayes standing behind him

    Join Dave Huthmacher, volunteer historic interpreter at the First Ladies National Historic Site, and Josh Dubbert, historian at the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, for a conversation about the relationship of two future presidents who forged a bond of brotherhood in war that would last a lifetime at 1 p.m. Friday, July 26, at the First Ladies National Historic Site in Canton, Ohio.

  • Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site

    Human Rights Day Expo to Take Place at Roosevelt Sites

    • Type: News
    • Locations: Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
    • Date Released: 2023-11-28

    To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site and Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, along with the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will host a Human Rights Day Expo on Dec. 10, 2023. Events will begin at 10 a.m. at the Henry A. Wallace Center in Hyde Park.

    • Type: Article
    • Locations: Eisenhower National Historic Site, First Ladies National Historic Site, Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, The White House and President's Park
    image of a painting of Mamie Eisenhower in pink ballgown

    Explore the changing role of the First Ladies through an examination of the lives of Frances Cleveland, Mamie Eisenhower and Rosalynn Carter.

    • Type: Article
    • Locations: George Washington Memorial Parkway
    Arectangular monolith with a slightly rounded top stands in a stone plaza, framed by trees and turf.

    The Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) Memorial Grove on the Potomac is a designed landscape located in Lady Bird Johnson Park on the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. The memorial was designed by landscape architect M. Mead Palmer and constructed between 1974 and 1977. Harold Volger was selected to carve the now iconic megalith at the center of the LBJ Memorial Grove plaza. Today the site serves as a memorial to President Johnson as well as a place of recreation.

  • First Ladies National Historic Site

    Off Season Hours Begin August 13

    • Type: News
    • Locations: First Ladies National Historic Site
    • Date Released: 2023-08-09
    The Saxton House at First Ladies National Historic Site with fall leaves on and round the front porch

    Starting August 13 Off Season Hours at First Ladies National Historic Site Begin. The Site will be open Thursday- Saturday 9am- 4pm from August 13- April 30. Click here to learn more.

    • Type: News
    • Locations: First Ladies National Historic Site, James A Garfield National Historic Site
    • Date Released: 2023-07-14
    Living history interpreter Debbie Weinkamer dressed as widow Lucretia Garfield, stands next to a tree on the grounds of James A Garfield NHS

    First Ladies National Historic Site is excited to host living history interpreter Debbie Weinkamer for her program “Life after President Garfield”. This program will be available at the Education Center on July 28 at 11:00 AM and again at 1:00 PM.

  • Morristown National Historical Park

    Upcoming 90th Anniversary Events

    • Type: News
    • Locations: Morristown National Historical Park
    • Date Released: 2023-06-06
    Image of the park

    Morristown National Historical Park (NHP) continues to celebrate its 90th anniversary as the nation’s first National Historical Park with programs scheduled for June 10 and 11

    • Type: Things To Do
    • Subtype: Guided Tours
    • Reservations: No
    • Pets: Yes
    • Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
    • Time Of Day: Day, Night, Dusk
    A white brick home sits underneath a blue sky with green grass and plants in the foreground

    Join Eisenhower National Historic Site Park Rangers for free tours of the Eisenhower home and other engaging and free ranger programming in Gettysburg.

Last updated: December 19, 2023