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Sacajawea Interpretive and Cultural Center
After months of arduous travel, the Corps of Discovery rea...
Benjamin Harrison Home
Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president of the United ...
James A. Garfield National Historic Site (Lawnfield)
James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the ...
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
The Andrew Johnson National Historic Site con...
James K. Polk Home
James K. Polk, the 11th president of the Unit...
John Tyler Home (Sherwood Forest)
John Tyler bought this 1,200-acre plantation ...
James Monroe Tomb
Hollywood Cemetery is set amongst a series of...
James Monroe Museum & Memorial Library (James Monroe Law Office)
In 1782, only two years after James Monroe be...
Thomas Jefferson Memorial National Memorial
The serene classical Thomas Jefferson Memorial N...
Jefferson County Courthouse
The Jefferson County Courthouse in Charles Town,...
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Sacajawea Interpretive and Cultural Center
After months of arduous travel, the Corps of Discovery reached the Columbia River at the site of today’s Sacajawea Historical State Park on October 16, 1805. Here, at the confluence of the Columbia and Snake rivers, the Corps camped near ...
Benjamin Harrison Home
Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president of the United States and grandson of William Henry Harrison, the ninth president, ran against Democrat Grover Cleveland twice. In 1888, he conducted a successful “front porch” campaign from his home in Indianapolis, losing in ...
James A. Garfield National Historic Site (Lawnfield)
James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, made his home at Lawnfield from 1876 until his death in 1881. Here he conducted the first “front porch” presidential campaign, giving speeches from the verandah. The many reporters ...
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
The Andrew Johnson National Historic Site consists of four units: the Visitor Center Complex, which includes a museum and the Tailor Shop; an early Johnson home; the Andrew Johnson Homestead; and the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery. Together they represent ...
James K. Polk Home
James K. Polk, the 11th president of the United States, lived in this fine brick house in Columbia, one of the best examples of Federal style architecture in Tennessee, from 1819 until 1824 upon his marriage. Nominated as the ...
John Tyler Home (Sherwood Forest)
John Tyler bought this 1,200-acre plantation in 1842, when he was still serving as 10th president of the United States, and it was his retirement home from 1845 until his death in 1862. He expanded the original 1780 frame ...
James Monroe Tomb
Hollywood Cemetery is set amongst a series of wooded hills and dales overlooking the falls of the James River. The site of Hollywood was part of the estate of Belvidere, a country house built by William Byrd III in ...
James Monroe Museum & Memorial Library (James Monroe Law Office)
In 1782, only two years after James Monroe began to read law under Thomas Jefferson, he entered the Virginia House of Delegates. The following year, he took a seat in the Continental Congress, where he served until 1786. That ...
Thomas Jefferson Memorial National Memorial
The serene classical Thomas Jefferson Memorial National Memorial honors the third president’s ideals of beauty, science, learning, culture, and liberty. Jefferson truly was a Renaissance man. He was fluent in six languages: Latin, Greek, French, Spanish, Italian, and Anglo-Saxon. ...
Jefferson County Courthouse
The Jefferson County Courthouse in Charles Town, West Virginia (formerly Virginia), was the site of the 1859 trial of John Brown after his raid and subsequent capture at Harpers Ferry. Brown had attempted to lead a slave rebellion and ...
