S2 E33 Harry S Truman and Independence

"I have tried so hard to do right." Thus ended the extraordinary rise and unprecedented life of Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States. Nobody had ever served in two non-consecutive terms before, and Cleveland experienced the hard way how harsh things could be during a financial collapse. Learn about the difficult end of his second term, his more joyful post-Presidency, his failing health, death, and burial, as well as his gravesite in Princeton Cemetery! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2025/04/22/season-3-episode-22-grover-clevelands-tomb/Season 1's Grover Cleveland Episode: "Grover Cleveland and Caldwell" on his birthplace!Season 2's Grover Cleveland Episode: "Grover Cleveland and Princeton" on his homes!Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

Few Presidents had as breezy a time getting to the Executive Mansion, and as horrible a time once he arrived than Chester Alan Arthur, 21st President of the United States. Learn about his difficult Presidency, his failing health, brief post-Presidency, death, and burial, as well as his gravesite in Albany Rural Cemetery! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2025/04/08/season-3-episode-21-chester-arthurs-tomb/Season 1's Chester Arthur Episode: "Chester Arthur and Fairfield" on his birthplace!Season 2's Chester Arthur Episode: "Chester Arthur and Manhattan" on his homes!Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

Few Presidents had more potential than James Garfield, 20th President of the United States, and nobody was tortured more in the lead-up to his death. Learn about Rutherford's assassination, his shooting, grisly death, and burial, as well as his gravesite in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2025/03/25/season-3-episode-20-james-garfields-tomb/Season 1's James Garfield Episode: "James Garfield and Moreland Hills" on his birthplace!Season 2's James Garfield Episode: "James Garfield and Lawnfield" on his homes!Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

Rutherford Hayes' life naturally led to the Presidency...what he did with that office might not have represented that, but he was always capable and upright. Learn about Rutherford's post-Presidency, his activism, his death, and burial, as well as his gravesite!Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2025/03/11/season-3-episode-19-rutherford-hayes-tomb/Season 1's Rutherford Hayes Episode: "Rutherford Hayes and Delaware" on his birthplace!Season 2's Rutherford Hayes Episode: "Rutherford Hayes and Spiegel Grove" on his homes!Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

A Visiting the Presidents Bonus! When it comes to Presidential sites, especially birthplaces and gravesites, Louis Picone wrote the book on them...Literally! Join me for a talk with Louis, author of "Where the Presidents Were Born," "The President is Dead!" and "Grant's Tomb," and his ideas about Presidential sites, historical commemorations, and much more! Check out LouisPicone.com Louis, his scholarship, and more! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, and other information!Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

What a rise to the Presidency! What a wild post-Presidency! Few Presidents had a quicker rise to power, and a shocking, tragic demise than Ulysses Grant, 18th President of the United States. Learn about Grant's post-Presidency, including his world tour, his tragic illness and death, burial, and legacy!Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2025/02/18/season-3-episode-18-ulysses-grants-tomb/Season 1's Ulysses Grant Episode: "Ulysses Grant and Point Pleasant" on his birthplace!Season 2's Ulysses Grant Episode: "Ulysses Grant and Galena" on his homes!Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

Few Presidents had as many lives as Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States, serving in every elected position possible from Tennessee, treated as loyal hero and hated traitor, our first impeached President, and our only to return to the Senate after his term! Learn about Johnson's post-Presidency, his death, burial, and legacy!Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page:Season 1's Andrew Johnson Episode: "Andrew Johnson and Raleigh" on his birthplace!Season 2's Andrew Johnson Episode: "Andrew Johnson and Greeneville" on his home!Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

"She won't think anything about it," Abraham Lincoln's last words. Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was our first assassinated President, and his funeral and burial both had their own adventures (and misadventures)! Learn about Lincoln's final weeks, his murder, burial, and legacy! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2025/01/21/season-3-episode-16-abraham-lincolns-tomb/ Season 1's Abraham Lincoln Episode: "Abraham Lincoln and Sinking Spring" on his birthplace!Season 2's Abraham Lincoln Episode: "Abraham Lincoln and Springfield" on his home!Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

BONUS episode featuring my summer of presidential travels as I fit in as many birthplaces, gravesites, homes, and other sites into one history professor's summer break. The third and final leg: join me as I visit Virginia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas!Check out "How I Spent My Summer of Presidential Travels, 2024, Part 1"!Check out "How I Spent My Summer of Presidential Travels, 2024, Part 2"! Links to Previous Episodes Mentioned:Birthplaces"Thomas Jefferson and Shadwell""William Henry Harrison and Berkeley Plantation""John Tyler and Greenway""Zachary Taylor and Montebello""Woodrow Wilson and Staunton" Homes"Thomas Jefferson and Monticello""James Madison and Montpelier""James Monroe and Highland""Andrew Jackson and the Hermitage""John Tyler and Sherwood Forest""James Polk and Columbia""Andrew Johnson and Greeneville" "Bill Clinton and Chappaqua" Gravesites"Thomas Jefferson's Tomb""James Madison's Tomb""James Monroe's Tomb""Andrew Jackson's Tomb""John Tyler's Tomb""James Polk's Tomb"Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

BONUS episode featuring my summer of presidential travels as I fit in as many birthplaces, gravesites, homes, and other sites into one history professor's summer break. The second of three trips: join me as I visit upstate New York, the Hamptons, Manhattan, Washington DC, and more! Check out "How I Spent My Summer of Presidential Travels, 2024, Part 1"!Links to Previous Episodes Mentioned:Birthplaces"Martin Van Buren and Kinderhook""Theodore Roosevelt and Manhattan""Franklin Roosevelt and Hyde Park""George W Bush and New Haven"Homes"Martin Van Buren and Lindenwald""Millard Fillmore and East Aurora""James Buchanan and Wheatland""Ulysses Grant and Galena""Chester Alan Arthur and Manhattan""Grover Cleveland and Princeton""Theodore Roosevelt and Sagamore Hill""William Howard Taft and Washington DC""Woodrow Wilson and Washington DC""Franklin Roosevelt and Warm Springs""Harry S Truman and Independence""Gerald Ford and Alexandria""Barack Obama and Kalorama (and Maui)"Graves"John Quincy Adams' Tomb""Martin Van Buren's Tomb""Millard Fillmore's Tomb" "James Buchanan's Tomb"Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!