Visits to Presidential Sites

 13th President, 1850 - 1853 Millard Fillmore sites visited: This is the house Fillmore helped build and lived in with Abigail from 1826-1830. Location: 24 Shearer Ave, East Aurora, New York. We found the Millard Fillmore Presidential Library at 15617 Waterloo in Cleveland, Ohio. It was a most unique "Presidential Library" and we enjoyed our time there very much 😉 Souvenirs are available 😁 Rapid City, South Dakota, City of Presidents statue: This is a Vice Presidential portrait, from a 2023 exhibit at the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In Buffalo, New York, Abraham Lincoln attended church with Fillmore in 1861. Outside of Buffalo City Hall stands a statue of Fillmore. Millard and his second wife, Caroline, lived in a large house on Niagara Square in Buffalo after his presidency. The house later became Hotel Fillmore, and then Castle Inn. The Inn was demolished in order to build the Statler Hotel, which still stands today as a mixed-use building. Fillmore i...

33rd President 1945-1953 Harry S. Truman sites visited: Harry Truman was born in this house on May 8, 1884 in a downstairs bedroom. The historic site can be found at 1009 Truman Street in Lamar, Missouri. I love this connection with President Washington's tree. Independence, Missouri, has Truman's home, Presidential Museum & Library, and his gravesite. He and Bess moved into this house at 219 N. Delaware in 1919 when they married. They still lived there when Harry died in 1972. Truman had his first job at this drug store. The Jackson County Courthouse in Independence is where Truman served as an administrative judge, beginning in 1922. He became a senator in 1934. Truman never received a college or law degree. Here are a few artifacts from a 2023 exhibit at the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan. From our stamp collection: There's a Truman photo hanging in the Gerald R Ford Museum replica cabinet room. And also a Truman cabinet photo. This car was built for...