presidential birthplaces

Season 2 is dominated by iconic Presidential Homes, many of which were built and operated using enslaved labor. What are we talking about when we discuss Presidents as slaveholders? How do sites interpret Presidents and a Plantations' past?

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2022/02/24/special-bonus-slavery-and-the-presidents/  

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We are going to recap the Presidential Birthplaces we Visited in Season 1! I will give out Birthplace Superlatives, including Most Beautiful Setting, Most Improved, and Can't Wait to ReVisit, and rank my Top Ten Favorite Birthplaces!

Let's ring out Season 1 with this fun episode and get excited for Season 2!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2021/12/21/episode-47-season-1-recap-and-birthplace-ranking/  

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We are on the road to Georgia and the birthplace of the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter! The first president to be born in a hospital, and someone renowned for his honesty and integrity, learn about how his childhood and education shaped his political life, as well as what happened to his birthplace!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2021/10/12/episode-39-jimmy-carter-and-plains/ 

Season 2's Jimmy Carter Episode: "Jimmy Carter and the Carter Home" 

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BONUS episode featuring my summer of presidential travels as I fit in as many birthplaces, gravesites, homes, and other sites into one history professor's summer break. The first of two parts, join me as I drive through Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska to Visit, and Re-Visit, the Presidents!
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A Visiting the Presidents Bonus! My friend Matt Hochstetler and I have had an annual meet-up to some presidential sites the last few years, and it's usually one of the highlights of my summer. Get his version of visiting some of these sites as well as his take on travel, presidents, and more! You'll love Matt!  

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A Visiting the Presidents Bonus! My friend, Stephanie Gaskill has perhaps visited more presidential sites with me than anyone else, and I wanted to get her perspective on these presidential travels! Listen to Stephanie's version of events and the importance of travel!

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What isn't a fraud is Rutherford Hayes' birthplace commemoration in Delaware, Ohio! One of the best examples of a recent birthplace improvement, learn about the connection between a BP Gas Station and Rutherford Hayes' birthplace, as well as a his childhood and rise to political power!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2021/05/25/episode-19-rutherford-hayes-and-delaware-oh/

Season 2's Rutherford Hayes Episode: "Rutherford Hayes and Spiegel Grove"

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U.S. Grant, our first Buckeye president, born along the Ohio River in Point Pleasant! A man who was mediocre at almost everything UNTIL the Civil War, learn about his childhood and education, as well as what he was doing when the War broke out! We will also explore the life of his birth cabin and the small town of Point Pleasant!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2021/05/18/episode-18-ulysses-grant-and-point-pleasant/

Season 2's Ulysses Grant Episode: "Ulysses Grant and Galena"

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The Tailor Tasked with Rebuilding the Union, Andrew Johnson is remembered today as the first to be impeached and a man without a party. Learn about Johnson's hard-won independent streak, and how the extreme poverty of his childhood and lack of education stayed with him throughout his rise to the presidency. Learn, as well, about the three (!) different birthplace commemorations of Andrew Johnson, born at old Casso's Inn in Raleigh, North Carolina!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2021/05/11/episode-17-andrew-johnson-and-raleigh/

Season 2's Andrew Johnson Episode: "Andrew Johnson and Greeneville"

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Time to break out the top hats and Lincoln logs and head on the road to visit the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president! The furthest west of any president until Herbert Hoover (!), learn about Lincoln's rough upbringing on the frontiers of the Midwest, his thirst for knowledge and books, and what happened to his birth cabin and his birth site at Sinking Spring, outside Hodgenville, Kentucky!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2021/05/04/episode-16-abraham-lincoln-and-sinking-spring/ 

Season 2's Abraham Lincoln Episode: "Abraham Lincoln and Springfield"

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Mind the (Cove) Gap! Visiting the birthplace of James Buchanan, possibly one of America's worst presidents, in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania, gives you an appreciation for life on the unsettled outskirts of the new country, and what Buchanan emerged from. Learn about his rise through the political scene and the role his parents played in his career, as well as what happens to his unique birthplace!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2021/04/27/episode-15-james-buchanan-and-cove-gap/

Season 2's James Buchanan Episode: "James Buchanan and Wheatland" 

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The only presidential birthplace that you need scuba gear to access, come along as we go to New Hampshire for the first and only time, and visit the birthplace of Franklin Pierce, the 14th President! Learn about Pierce's childhood and what he inherits from his parents, his rise in politics and the blind spots he has regarding slavery, along with what happened to his birth cabin...suit up!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2021/04/20/episode-14-franklin-pierce-and-hillsborough/

Season 2's Franklin Pierce Episode: "Franklin Pierce and Concord"

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Millard? Fillmore? Was a president? Come along and visit Millard Fillmore and his birthplace in rural Cuyuga County, New York, and his true rags-to-riches(?) rise to the presidency. Millard was a real product of his time, but his birthplace is commemorated at two separate sites! Learn about one of our forgotten presidents and what we expected of a president during this era!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2021/04/13/episode-13-millard-fillmore-and-moravia/

Season 2's Millard Fillmore Episode: "Millard Fillmore and East Aurora"

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Old Rough and Ready had to be born somewhere! Learn about Zachary Taylor, twelfth president of the United States, and his disputed birthplace at Montebello in Orange County, Virginia, as well as his youth in Kentucky and emergence as a military hero in a lifetime of service! Learn about what happened to Montebello as well as a birthplace controversy!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2021/04/06/episode-12-zachary-taylor-and-montebello/

Season 2's Zachary Taylor Episode: "Zachary Taylor and Louisville"

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James K Who? Travel to Pineville, NC, to see the birthplace of James K Polk, 11th President of the United States, and self-styled successor to Old Hickory, Andrew Jackson. Learn about his quick rise and intense work ethic, as well as what happened to his birthplace home!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2021/03/30/episode-11-james-knox-polk-and-pineville/

Season 2's James K Polk Episode: "James K Polk and Columbia"

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The "Accidental President," the first to become president without being elected to the office, John Tyler grew up just down the road (now John Tyler Highway) from his running mate and predecessor, William Henry Harrison in Charles City, VA! The man without a party has a still standing birthplace: come visit the odd road Tyler took the presidency as well as what has happened to his house! 

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2021/03/23/john-tyler-and-greenway-plantation/

Season 2's John Tyler Episode: "John Tyler and Sherwood Forest"

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Ol' Harrison's Landing! Want a presidential birthplace where the president being born there is like the fourth or fifth most interesting part? Come visit the Berkeley Plantation outside Charles City, VA, and the birthplace of William Henry Harrison, ninth president of the United States, as well as his interesting childhood as a son of the Revolution! Learn about the Berkeley Plantation’s ties to Thanksgiving, the Revolutionary War, Civil War, and...booze? Who DIDN’T visit Berkeley?!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2021/03/16/episode-9-william-henry-harrison-and-berkeley-plantation/

Season 2's William Henry Harrison Episode: "William Henry Harrison and Grouseland"

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Listeners, are you O.K.? Let's travel to Old Kinderhook, New York, birthplace of the eighth president of the United States, Martin Van Buren! Learn about his unique upbringing and his interest as a political operator, along with what happened to his birthplace tavern.

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2021/03/09/episode-8-martin-van-buren-and-kinderhook/

Season 2's Martin Van Buren Episode: "Martin Van Buren and Lindenwald"

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A rollicking trip to locate young, Bloody Andrew Jackson, one of our most controversial presidents and one of the biggest controversies surrounding a presidential birthplace! Jackson is claimed not just by two different sites, but by two different states, a battle of the Carolinas! We will get to the bottom of his birthplace dispute, as well as learn about the events and environment that shaped Jackson’s worldview!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2021/03/02/episode-7-andrew-jackson-and-the-waxhaws/

Season 2's Andrew Jackson Episode: "Andrew Jackson and the Hermitage"

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Growing up on history's doorstep: The first son of a president to become one himself and the closest birthplace of one president to another, come visit John Quincy Adams in Braintree, Mass.! Probably our most accomplished childhood/upbringing of a president ever, we will look at his famous parents and life before the office, along with what happened to his famous birthplace!

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Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2021/02/23/john-quincy-adams-and-braintree-quincy/

Season 2's John Quincy Adams Episode: "John Quincy Adams and Peacefield"

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