Our journey to visit the graves of every President was done over many road trips between 1982 and 2023. This video pays homage to those Presidents and their service to the United States of America.
As a Pakistani I've always been envious of your founders. This country was such a gift starting out with and, in my opinion, has the most beautiful constitution. To look at it now hurts. What has become of its anti-philosophic youth and government is sad.
As Winston Churchill once said “democracy is the worst form of government - except for all the others that have been tried.” We all have a role in making sure it survives.
@@kenredding8429 hello , how exactly can you disagree with my correct comments, AMERICA DO NOT HAVE A PRESIDENT, NO A GOVERNMENT. Please , can you explain you position with examples. thanks for you elegant reply. saludos 🖖 to all United States Of America nationals
It's a rite of passage for school-age children in Northeast Ohio to visit James Garfield's tomb. I think I went twice by the time I reached junior high. I enjoyed this. Thank you.
George Washington 1:08 John Adams 1:57 Thomas Jefferson 2:53 James Madison 3:36 James Monroe 4:23 John Quincy Adams 5:09 Andrew Jackson 5:58 Martin Van Buren 6:43 William H. Harrison 7:28 John Tyler 8:13 James Polk 8:54 Zachary Taylor 9:44 Millard Fillmore 10:30 Franklin Pierce 11:16 James Buchanan 11:56 Abraham Lincoln 12:31 Andrew Johnson 13:17 Ulysses S. Grant 14:01 Rutherford B. Hayes 14:46 James Garfield 15:31 Chester A. Arthur 16:16 Grover Cleveland 16:56 Benjamin Harrison 17:36 William McKinley 18:21 Theodore Roosevelt 19:01 William Howard Taft 19:41 Woodrow Wilson 20:26 Warren G. Harding 21:16 Calvin Coolidge 22:01 Herbert Hoover 22:46 Franklin D. Roosevelt 23:32 Harry S. Truman 24:16 Dwight D. Eisenhower 25:02 John F. Kennedy 25:47 Lyndon B. Johnson 26:32 Richard Nixon 27:20 Gerald Ford 28:05 Ronald Reagan 28:47 George H.W. Bush 29:31
The amazing thing about John Tyler, the 10th president 31:28 is that as of this year, 2023, he has a living grandchild. Not a great-great grandchild, or a great grandchild, but a grandchild, i.e. the son of one of his sons.
Was able to get his autograph shortly before he was committed to a nursing home for dementia here in Virginia (I’m stationed at Norfolk), we spoke for a good 20 minutes, amazing guy.
Amazing how modest and discrete many of their graves are, even some who were the most accomplished and high profile. Others, who didn't do much, or serve very long, have HUGE gravesites..... Great post - obviously, a lot of effort went into this - and you're very lucky to have had a lovely and helpful traveling partner.....
A good start indeed! It took us 3 years to get it done once we got serious about it. A good way to plan your road trips around them and a great way to see a lot of this great country.
Very informative video, James Garfield had my favorite burial spot that was insane looking. I lived a stones throw from the Hermitage for Andrew Jackson. We pronounce it like heritage instead of the Taj from Taj Mahal sound in the end. I need to go see it again haven't been since a kid.
My wife and daughter and I just visited Lincoln's home and his tomb in Springfield a few weeks ago, when we went to the Illinois State Fair to see a concert.
His Presidential Libary is also there and worth a visit. Interesting to see how much he aged from photos when first taking office to just before he was assassinated.
@johncollins7062 It can be argued that that honor goes to Garfield. His widow saved all of his papers and memorabilia in one room in their home. The tour guide told our group that this was the germ for the idea of presidential libraries..
@johncollins7062 Not a conviction. The Garfield collection was just a germ of the idea for what eventually became presidential libraries. Actually, if you look online, FDR's is credited as being the first!
You are a very good narrator sir. Something about your tone and your way of speech really resonates with this video and its historical context. For some odd reason i can just imagine you as a narrator for american historical dramas or documentaries. Your voice has that tone of gravitas like them.
Thank you very much for those kind words. A number of folks have said they find my New England (Boston) accent annoying. Glad you enjoyed the video and the accent!
If you visit the LBJ historical Park and after that five minutes is over with make sure explore the area around that. That portion of Texas had lots of things to see and do.😊
Well done, Sir. Thank You. I do wish you had included one more slide showing the rear chamber of Lincoln’s Illinois memorial, where the family is actually entombed.
Great video. I knew the obvious ones like Washington, Lincoln, JFK, Jefferson. I've been to all of them plus a few others. Like Nixon, Reagan, and mist recently to George Herbert Walker Bush. But learned a couple I didn't know. Thanks. Added them to my bucket list.
Glad you enjoyed it. We really enjoyed going to each one and planned road trip vacations around them. Teddy Roosevelt was one of out favorites but all are worth a visit.
Thanks Robert. You are correct, TR was shot in 1912 while campaigning after his Presidency. I have edited the video for the John Tyler blooper. Thanks for bringing these to my attention.
I went to see President Buchanan's burial site last year because it was close to where I lived at the time, and as you pointed out, he was the only President from Pennsylvania until President Biden. (He also lived in my native Lancaster County, so that's a plus!)
Lancaster County is indeed a beautiful place. We had a bit of a challenge finding this grave. Some of the sites are not particularly well marked and this one took us a little time to find.It was worth the effort, as was all the others.
My 5th grade teacher had an idea about having a special graveyard just for the Presidents. I think Mt Vernon, Monticello, and Springfield, Illinois would have a MAJOR problem with that.
It could work put its as always a money thing & the states & cities presidents come from & retire see it as tourist traps & income which is why especially popular ones even if not good or even if they leave office in disgrace many would still want to boast about so & so who was a US president. Especially these political turbulent times both parties tend to love their presidents even if the other party & independent voters don't. Personally, I think the president should be buried either at the white house or at their library after all their home state & town usually get their library & museum & having all presidents & first lady's buried at the house like many European Monaches were regularly buried in the same church or cemetery as past monarchs while other members of the royal families were often buried on Family estates. Still to try & change it now would be problematic because of the tourist traps states & cities think they'll get. That being said I also think a person should have their choice of where to be eternally buried. Being honest Abe Lincoln's really the only president worth a darn all the rest have done at best very little & most have been blatantly corrupt particularly the last 123 years or so.
President Eisenhower was born on my birthday. I was so excited about that as a youngster. I wanted to let him know that through mailing him a birthday card. I never sent it but as of today in my 70s wish I had. I was born during his term of office.
A great man indeed. His family home, library, and grave is in Abilene KS and worth the trip if you are ever in that area. The only home he ever owned is in Gettysburg PA and also worthy of a visit.
Interesting video and I enjoyed it. Although I do have to say, Reagan isn't the only movie actor to become president. Donald Trump was in Home Alone 2, The Little Rascals and I think Zoolander.
Yes the house shown is the Saxton-McKinley House. According to the NPS, the couple lived in the historic Saxton-McKinley House for 13 years; the home was their primary residence throughout the majority of the McKinley's married life.
@@kenredding8429 That is not true .. I've lived in Canton my entire life... McKinley lived there in his wife's home while he was in Congress...then he moved North up Market Ave to the house he lived in when he wasn't Governor of Ohio and where his famous Front Porch Campaign was...after he died the house was let go to ruins when the city of Canton moved it to SW canton off if 6th st SW until it was torn down....where it originally stood first became a hospital "Mercy", and now is part of the Stark County District Library!
Franklin Roosevelt served from March 4, 1933, to April 12, 1945, which is 12 years, 1 month, and 8 days, not 12 years and 11 days, as stated in the video.
Two of the presidents are buried in Hollywood Cemetary in Richmod, Virgiina. John Tyler and James Monroe are buried not far from each other. The Confederate predident, Jefferson Davis is also buried here. As of this posting, John Tyler has a grandson still living. Harrison Tyler Ruffin at age 95 is the last of Tyler's grandchildren.
Yes...and in an ironic twist of fate, the Jefferson Davis monument is facing one with the name Grant on it. Of course U. S. Grant is in Grant's Tomb in NYC along with his wife Julia.
The goal of the video was to pay tribute to the people who occupied the office of President of the United States. Some have reflected the divisiveness that exists in the US today in their comments. I wouldn't call them mentally ill or childish, just good people who look at things differently based on what they see and hear. I wish we could find the common ground of people who love this country and work together to solve some of the big problems we all face.
If you look it up there we’re a few presidents before George Washington, but George Washington was the very first one in president. That’s why he’s considered the first president, but they were presidents before him that were not sworn in and that’s why those presidents were not ever talked about. Several men held the position before George Washington : John Hanson (Nov 5 1781 - Nov 3 1782), Elias Boudinot (Nov 4 1782 - Nov 2 1783), Thomas Mifflin (Nov 3 1783 - Nov 29 1784), Richard Henry Lee (Nov 30 1784 - Nov 22 1785), John Hancock (Nov 23 1785 - Jun 5 1786), Nathaniel Gorham (Jun 6 1786 - Feb 1 1787), Arthur St. Clair (Feb 2 1787 - Jan 21 1788), Cyrus Griffin (Jan 22 1788 - Apr 30 1789), and Samuel Huntington (Sept 28 1779 - July 10 1781). Why do these men seem to be left out of history books, forgotten by the world?
Not exactly. These gentlemen were Presidents of Congress (of the United States) and heads of state of the United States. They were not "Presidents of the United States".
John Tyler had the most children. Anna Harrison (WH Harrison’s wife) had more kids than any First Lady, but Tyler had two wives, each of whom bore him a lot of kids.
As a Floridian, I am still waiting the day when I hear a country wide collective sigh at hearing that a Florida Man gets elected! XD it will be hilarious and glorious when laws come in stating that every child must learn to wrestle gators! Although those form Louisiana would probably agree with that one
Same could be said with William Henry Harrison. The main accepted cause of death is indeed pneumonia, however it’s been argued for years that it had more to do with medical care (blood letting, and other common practices at the time) rather than pneumonia itself
John Tyler was later elected to the Confederate States congress, but died before taking office. He was the only US President to not be buried with the stars and stripes draped over his coffin, instead being buried under the stars and bars
Fun Fact. George Washington was the First president after the Signing of the declaration of independence. But he overall was the 14th president of the United States. But most people don't know that. Because they never teach that in schools.
