Visits to Presidential Sites

12th President, 1849-1850 Zachary Taylor sites visited: Taylor's boyhood home, known as Springfield, can be found at 5608 Apache Road in Louisville, Kentucky. It's a private residence so there are no tours. He has a bust in the Virginia State Capitol. A fort in Key West was named after him. His statue joins the other Presidents in the City of Presidents, Rapid City, South Dakota. Taylor is buried in what is now the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky. His grave is easy to spot because a large monument stands next to it. Taylor was first entombed here, behind his current spot. Today he rests here with his wife, Margaret. Taylor's body was exhumed in 1991 but tested negative for arsenic poisoning. Zachary Taylor was not a politician, had no formal education, and considered the military his career. He fought in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War, the Second Seminole War, and the Mexican War. He became a national hero in 1847 in the Battle of Buena Vista i...

16th President 1861 - 1865 Abraham Lincoln sites visited:  Birthplace in Hodgenville, Kentucky Boyhood home, Knob Creek Farm, Hodgenville, Kentucky Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial in Lincoln City IN Kentucky Panel (1809-1816) Indiana Panel (1816-1830) Illinois Panel (1830-1861) Washington D.C. Panel (1861-1865) And Now He Belongs to the Ages Panel There's a small exhibit inside the building. The cabin site We walked the Trail of Twelve Stones. And lastly we visited the space in which Abe's mother, Nancy, is buried. Westport, Illinois, has a monument celebrating Lincoln crossing into Illinois from Indiana in 1830. Dixon, Illinois claims the honor of having the only statue of Lincoln in uniform. It commemorates his 1832 service in the Black Hawk war. But there's another statue that honors Lincoln's service in the Black Hawk War, located in Pearl City, Illinois. It stands in the same park as the Black Hawk Historic Monument. This is a Thomas Lincoln Farm sign we came acr...