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Category Archives: Presidential Sites
Back to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
When we visited the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio last November, we didn’t have time to visit the hangar where the presidential planes are kept. It isn’t connected to the rest of the museum, but is actually on the … Continue reading
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A Ghost Story (of sorts)
Looking for somewhere to spend a getaway weekend, we made reservations at the Golden Lamb in Lebanon, Ohio. The hotel was opened in 1803 and moved into its current building about 10 years later. It’s generally recognized to be the … Continue reading
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U.S. Grant Boyhood Home and Schoolhouse
According to the Internet, and according to the sign on the door, Grant’s boyhood home on a backstreet in Georgetown, Ohio was supposed to be open at noon. It was 12:30, and the place felt decidedly empty. The doors were … Continue reading
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McKinley National Memorial
On a hill alongside the McKinley Presidential Museum was the memorial where William and Ida are buried. The statue of McKinley was modeled after a photograph taken of him in Buffalo, New York shortly before he was shot. Also buried … Continue reading
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McKinley Presidential Museum
This museum in Canton was very strange and very interesting. There was an exhibit on McKinley, with a lot of artifacts — and talking statues of William and Ida. McKinley’s house in Canton which has been torn down. This … Continue reading
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