Wandering the Vote – An Election PSA & Presidential Road Trip

by | Nov 2, 2018 | National Parks

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Tuesday, November 6th is election day in America.  The balance of power is at stake and it is important that you make your voice heard.

Many of you may have early voted but if you haven’t and you don’t know where to show up next week click the link below and find your polling place.

FIND YOUR POLLING PLACE

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While we wait for the returns to come in, let’s take a little trip across the United States and become reacquainted with those that have held the highest office in the land.  Thanks to The National Park Service for compiling an incredible list for our virtual road trip. Many of the locations below are under the stewardship of the Park Service, which has celebrated its 102nd Anniversary in 2018. The NPS is a national treasure and one that we can be proud of and should never take for granted.  So, let’s hit the road…
George Washington (1789-1797)
• George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Virginia
• Mount Vernon, Virginia
• George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, DC
• Washington Monument National Memorial, Washington, DC
John Adams (1797-1801)
• Adams National Historical Park, Massachusetts
Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)
• Monticello, Virginia
• Poplar Forest, Virginia
• Thomas Jefferson Memorial National Memorial, Washington, DC
James Madison (1809-1817)
• Montpelier, Virginia
James Monroe (1817-1825)
• James Monroe Museum & Memorial Library (James Monroe Law Office), Virginia
• Highland (Ash Lawn-Highland), Virginia
• James Monroe Tomb
John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)
• Adams National Historical Park, Massachusetts
Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)
• The Hermitage, Tennessee
Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)
• Martin Van Buren National Historic Site (Lindenwald), New York
William Henry Harrison (March -April 1841)
• William Henry Harrison Home (Grouseland), Indiana
• James River Plantations
John Tyler (1841-1845)
• John Tyler Home (Sherwood Forest), Virginia
James K. Polk (1845-1849)
• James K. Polk Home, Tennessee
Zachary Taylor (1849- July 1850)
• Zachary Taylor Home (Springfield), Kentucky
Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)
• Millard Fillmore House, New York
Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)
• Franklin Pierce Homestead, New Hampshire
James Buchanan (1857-1861)
• Wheatland, Pennsylvania
Abraham Lincoln (1861- April 1865)
• Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site, Kentucky
• Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Indiana
• Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Illinois
• President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home (U.S. Military Asylum; The Old Soldiers’ Home), Washington, DC
• Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site, Washington, DC
• Lincoln Memorial National Memorial, Washington, DC
Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)
• Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, Tennessee
Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)
• Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site (White Haven), Missouri
• General Grant National Memorial, New York
Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)
• Spiegel Grove (Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center), Ohio
James A. Garfield (1881- September 1881)
• James A. Garfield National Historic Site (Lawnfield), Ohio
Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885)
• Chester A. Arthur House, New York
Grover Cleveland (1885-1889 & 1893-1897)
• Grover Cleveland Birthplace, New Jersey
• Grover Cleveland Home (Westland), New Jersey
Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)
• Benjamin Harrison Home, Indiana
William McKinley (1897-1901)
• William McKinley Tomb, Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
• Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site, New York
• Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
• Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, New York
• Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site, New York
• Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial, Washington, DC
William Howard Taft (1909-1913)
• William Howard Taft National Historic Site, Ohio
Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
• Woodrow Wilson House, Washington, DC
• Woodrow Wilson Birthplace
• Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home
Warren G. Harding (1921- August 1923)
• Warren G. Harding Home, Ohio
Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
• Calvin Coolidge Homestead District (President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site), Vermont
Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)
• Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, Iowa
• President Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover’s Rapidan Camp, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
•Herbert Hoover Presidential Library & Museum, Iowa
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933- April 1945)
• Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, New York
• Roosevelt Campobello International Park
• Warm Springs Historic District , Georgia
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial National Memorial, Washington, DC
•FDR Presidential Library & Museum, NY
Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)
• Harry S Truman National Historic Site, Missouri (National Park Service)
• Little White House , Florida
• Truman Presidential Library & Museum, Missouri
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953- 1961)
• Eisenhower National Historic Site, Pennsylvania
•Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, & Boyhood Home, Kansas
John F. Kennedy (1961-November 1963)
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site, Massachusetts
•JFK Presidential Library & Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)
• Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, Texas
• Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac, Washington, DC
•LBJ Presidential Library & Museum, Texas
Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974)
• The Richard M. Nixon Birthplace, Library, & Burial Site, California
Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977)
• Gerald R. Ford, Jr. House, Virginia
• Gerald Ford Presidential Library & Museum, Michigan
Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
• Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, Georgia
Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
• Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home, Illinois
• Regan Presidential Foundation & Institute
George H. W. Bush (1989-1993)
• George H. Bush Presidential Library & Museum, Texas
William Jefferson Clinton (1993-2001)
• Bill Clinton Birthplace , Arkansas
•Bill Clinton Library & Museum, Little Rock, AR
George W. Bush (2001-2009)
• George W. Bush Childhood Home, Texas
• George W. Bush Library & Museum, Texas
Barack Obama (2009-2017)
• Barack Obama Presidential Library & Museum (Coming Soon), Illinois
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