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I remember exactly when I caught the presidential tourism bug. It was the day I encountered a joke-telling, animatronic LBJ.
September 5, 2018
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I remember exactly when I caught the presidential tourism bug. It was the day I encountered a joke-telling, animatronic LBJ.
Today, it’s a place for parking cars. Forty-five years ago, it was a place for parking cars and leaking secrets.
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray, South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio. Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Steudebaker, television…
Ninety-Five years ago, Warren G Harding avoided having to deal with several scandals plaguing his administration by conveniently passing away.
I’ll happily go out of my way to visit presidential history sites. But what types of sites make the cut?
Does being a presidential tourist mean I have to visit sites related to ALL the presidents? What about the deplorables?
If John Quincy Adams was still alive, today would be his 251st birthday. But he’s not still alive. He’s dead.
Tucked away in rural Vermont, the President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site is a gem with a freaking cheese factory!