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William Henry Harrison Home (Grouseland)
William Henry Harrison, ninth president of th...
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Failing re-election in 1840, Martin Van Buren...
Highland (Ash Lawn-Highland)
James Monroe, U.S. Senator; Governor of Virgi...
James Monroe Museum & Memorial Library (James Monroe Law Office)
In 1782, only two years after James Monroe be...
Oak Hill
James Monroe, fifth president of the United S...
Montpelier
Montpelier was the home of James Madison, fou...
Thomas Jefferson Memorial National Memorial
The serene classical Thomas Jefferson Memorial N...
Poplar Forest
Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and third p...
Adams National Historical Park
Adams National Historical Park was the home o...
Washington Monument National Memorial
The nation’s best-known memorial to the fi...
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William Henry Harrison Home (Grouseland)
William Henry Harrison, ninth president of the United States, built this substantial brick house in 1804, while serving as governor of Indiana Territory. He lived there until he left to take command of American forces in the old Northwest ...
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Failing re-election in 1840, Martin Van Buren returned to his recently purchased estate only two miles from the small New York village of Kinderhook where he was born and raised. He immediately began planning his return to the White ...
Highland (Ash Lawn-Highland)
James Monroe, U.S. Senator; Governor of Virginia; Minister to France, England, and Spain, and fifth President of the United States, purchased this farm, originally named Highland, in 1793. Monroe's friend and mentor Thomas Jefferson selected the house site within ...
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 ...
Oak Hill
James Monroe, fifth president of the United States, began building the imposing house at Oak Hill during his first term as president. It was here that he worked on the Monroe Doctrine and here he retired in 1825. Monroe ...
Montpelier
Montpelier was the home of James Madison, fourth president of the United States, for 76 years. Madison was a brilliant political philosopher and pragmatic politician. When he was elected president in 1809 he was already recognized as the “Father ...
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. ...
Poplar Forest
Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and third president of the United States, began construction of Poplar Forest in 1806. It was a retreat and the purest of his Neoclassical architectural masterpieces. He visited the house in the foothills of the ...
Adams National Historical Park
Adams National Historical Park was the home of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and his son John Quincy Adams, the sixth president. Distinguished in public service and in literary pursuits, four generations of the Adams ...
Washington Monument National Memorial
The nation’s best-known memorial to the first president of the United States is located in the city that bears his name. At 555 feet, 5 1/8 inches tall, the Washington Monument National Memorial towers over the nation’s capital. George ...
