The adventures of Jen and Doug and a black cat named Mr. Knightley.
George Washington – yes, the Founding Father, hero of the American Revolution, and first President of the United States – was a Freemason. Lots of men of his station were Freemasons in the country’s earliest …
Our friend Linda recommended Berkeley Plantation in Charles City, Virginia to us. As it was the home of a US Presidents we would have paid a visit regardless, but it’s always nice to have a …
With our visit to Historic Tuckahoe in Richmond, Virginia, we knocked another difficult-to-visit, lesser-known presidential site off our list: the boyhood home of Thomas Jefferson. Tuckahoe was built between 1730 and 1740 by the Randolph …
We’re getting deep into the presidential sites when we’re visiting places like the Sherwood Forest Plantation in Charles City, Virginia, the home of 10th U.S. President John Tyler. Due to it still remaining privately owned …
I wasn’t sure what we’d find when we went off to find the Presidents Hall of Fame in Clermont, Florida. Their website is down and their Facebook page hasn’t been updated in two years. But …
Plains, Georgia, is clearly proud to be the hometown of our 39th President, Jimmy Carter, and his wife Rosalyn. Plains had just 600 residents when Jimmy was born, so I guess producing a President (and …
Woo-hoo! A presidential site we were both excited about -– Roosevelt’s Little White House located in Warm Springs (formerly Bullochville), Georgia. During the pandemic I read Polio: An American Story#AD by David M. Oshinsky. It …
Rapidan Camp was the “Camp David” of its day. Later known as Camp Hoover, it was the presidential retreat of U.S. President Herbert Hoover and his wife Lou Henry Hoover. The Hoovers were looking for …
The David Wills House is where President Abraham Lincoln finished up his iconic Gettysburg Address in 1863. He spent the night in the home, then headed over the next day to the Soldiers’ National Cemetery …
The James Madison Museum of Orange County honors our 4th President, Father of the Constitution, and author of the Bill of Rights, James Madison. In addition, it collects artifacts of Orange County, Virginia’s history and …
