Happy President’s Day. The holiday originally celebrated Washington’s birthday but became popularly known as Presidents’ Day after it was moved as part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act, an attempt to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers. So, if you’re looking for something to do today – why not learn a little more about our Presidents. There is always a story to tell about those who held that office!
Thanks to The National Park Service for compiling an incredible list of places to put on your itinerary. Many of the locations below are under the stewardship of the Park Service, which has celebrated its 100th Anniversary in 2016. The NPS is a national treasure and one that we can be proud of and should never take for granted.
So, hit the road and Be Forever Wandering But Not Lost.
George Washington (1789-1797)
John Adams (1797-1801)
Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)
James Madison (1809-1817)
James Monroe (1817-1825)
John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)
Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)
Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)
William Henry Harrison (March -April 1841)
John Tyler (1841-1845)
James K. Polk (1845-1849)
Zachary Taylor (1849- July 1850)
Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)
Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)
James Buchanan (1857-1861)
Abraham Lincoln (1861- April 1865)
• President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home (U.S. Military Asylum; The Old Soldiers’ Home), Washington, DC
Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)
Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)
Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)
James A. Garfield (1881- September 1881)
Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885)
Grover Cleveland (1885-1889 & 1893-1897)
Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)
William McKinley (1897-1901)
Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
William Howard Taft (1909-1913)
Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
Warren G. Harding (1921- August 1923)
Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933- April 1945)
Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953- 1961)
John F. Kennedy (1961-November 1963)
Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)
Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974)
Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977)
Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
George H. W. Bush (1989-1993)
William Jefferson Clinton (1993-2001)
George W. Bush (2001-2009)
Barack Obama (2009-2017)
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