Carter Presidential Library The Carter Center and Jimmy Carter Presidential Library located near downtown in Atlanta is the site of the Presidential Library for the thirty-ninth President, Georgia born James Earl Carter. The Center and Library were dedicated in October...
Category: Presidential Libraries
Visiting Presidential Libaries
Ohio, Presidential Libraries
“General Hayes” The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museum, Fremont, Ohio
Hayes Presidential Library and Museum The Rutherford B. Hayes Museum and Presidential library is located in Fremont, Ohio. The museum honoring the 19th President of the United States has the distinction of being the first Presidential library created. It opened...
Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oregon, Presidential Libraries
2019 Travels with Roadrunner Journeys
I never thought that as I drove toward Dallas in January 2019, that I would end the year having driven over twelve thousand miles in 2019. Flying the 737 Simulator at the Delta Flight Museum Travel is the one thing...
Ohio, Presidential Libraries
Two Assassinated Ohio Presidents and their continuing legacy
Ohio Presidential history is filled with stories about the seven Presidents that hail from Ohio. The stories of James A. Garfield and William McKinley, who were assassinated only twenty years apart, begs the question, “what if they had survived?” Garfield...
Mississippi, Presidential Libraries
Small but Mighty: Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library and Museum at Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi
Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library Ulysses S. Grant, at only five feet eight inches tall, was an unimposing man, but he mightily distinguished himself both as a warrior and a statesman. The Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library and Museum located...
New York, Presidential Libraries
FDR’s Presidential Library, Hyde Park, New York
FDR Presidential Libary President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Presidential Library System in 1939 to serve as a repository for the documents of his administration. The library opened in 1941. Roosevelt stated that ". . . a Nation must believe in...
Georgia, Presidential Libraries
FDR’s Little White House
FDR Museum Ensconced in the tall pines of Southwest Georgia in Warm Springs, Georgia is Franklin Roosevelt’s Little White House. The President purchased the land in 1926 after having been afflicted with polio in August 1921. This occurred just after...
Presidential Libraries, Texas
The Three Texas Presidential Libraries
A posting I did for Dave's Travel Corner on the Texas Presidential Libraries. http://www.davestravelcorner.com/journals/destination-north-america/larger-life-texas-presidential-libraries/
Michigan, Presidential Libraries
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
This is the posting I did on the Gerald Ford Presidential Library in Grand Rapids for Dave's Travel Corner. http://www.davestravelcorner.com/journals/destination-north-america/integrity-grand-rapids-gerald-r-ford-presidential-museum/
Presidential Libraries, Texas
Remembering a life-The Passing of Barbara Bush
Barbara Bush Barbara Pierce Bush, 92, died April 17, 2018. The wife of President George H. W. Bush (41) and President George W. Bush (43), she was only the second women in history to hold the distinction of being a...
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