S3 E0 About Season 3 of "Visiting the Presidents"!

"Do not cry; be good children and we shall meet in heaven." Andrew Jackson, our 7th President, lived hard, and died harder, a man who rarely took an easy breath throughout his long life.  Hear about his Presidency, his life after the office, his death, burial, and commemorations!Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/04/23/season-3-episode-7-andrew-jacksons-tomb/ Season 1's Andrew Jackson Episode-"Andrew Jackson and the Waxhaws"Season 2's Andrew Jackson Episode-"Andrew Jackson and The Hermitage"Support the showVisit the social media on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

"This is the last of Earth but I am composed!" Fewer Presidents have had a more difficult Presidency, and given more in their post-Presidency than John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States. Hear about his Presidency, his remarkable life after the office, his death, burial, and commemorations! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/04/09/season-3-episode-6-john-quincy-adams-tomb/ Season 1's John Quincy Adams Episode-"John Quincy Adams and Braintree/Quincy"Season 2's John Quincy Adams Episode-"John Quincy Adams and Peacefield" Support the showVisit the social media on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

Another Fourth, another President's death! Hear about the strange afterlife of James Monroe, our first President to die away from his home, and one of the first to be transferred from one state to another! Learn about James Monroe's brief post-Presidency, death, and commemorations! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/03/26/season-3-episode-5-james-monroes-tomb/ Season 1's James Monroe Episode-"James Monroe and Colonial Beach"Season 2's James Monroe Episode-"James Monroe and Highland"Support the showVisit the social media on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

James Madison, the last of the Founding Presidents to pass, but one supremely focused on his historical legacy. Journey back to Montpelier to check out the simple cemetery with a large obelisk, and what this means for the memory of the Fourth President!  Learn about James Madison's long post-presidency, his death, and the ways he is commemorated!Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/03/12/season-3-episode-4-james-madisons-tomb/ Season 1's James Madison Episode-"James Madison and Port Conway"Season 2's James Madison Episode-"James Madison and Montpelier"Support the showVisit the social media on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

"Thomas Jefferson surives!"--famous last words. While not true in a corporeal sense, Jefferson's legacy is with us and debated here. Journey back to Monticello to check out the simple cemetery with a large obelisk, and an outsized contribution to our country!  Learn about Thomas Jefferson, Third President, and his long post-presidency, his death, and the ways he is commemorated!Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/02/27/season-3-episode-3-thomas-jeffersons-tomb/ Season 1's Thomas Jefferson Episode-"Thomas Jefferson and Shadwell"Season 2's Thomas Jefferson Episode-"Thomas Jefferson and Monticello"Support the showVisit the social media on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

"Querulous, bald, blind, crippled, toothless" John Adams! And those are the compliments! We are back in Quincy and checking out the church that holds TWO presidents' graves, as well as their spouses!  Learn about John Adams' long post-presidency, his death, and the way he is commemorated! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/02/13/season-3-episode-2-john-adams-tomb/Season 1's John Adams Episode-"John Adams and Braintree"Season 2's John Adams Episode-"John Adams and Peacefield"Support the showVisit the social media on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

"First in War, First in Peace, First...President in a Grave?!" We are back and checking out George Washington's precedence-setting end of term, post-Presidency, death, and gravesite!Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2024/01/30/season-3-episode-1-george-washingtons-tomb/ Season 1 George Washington Episode-"George Washington and Pope Creek" Season 2 George Washington Episode-"George Washington and Mount Vernon"Support the showVisit the social media on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!Support the showVisit the social media on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

We are coming back for Season 3 of "Visiting the Presidents," focused on Visiting the Presidents' gravesites! Hear what you can expect from each new episode as well as some things to keep in mind as we explore the end of Presidents' administrations, their transitions, their post-Presidency, deaths, and commemorations! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Support the showVisit the social media on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

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 New York State and City, Washington, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, St. Louis, and Arizona!Check out "How I Spent My Summer of Presidential Travels, 2023, Part 1"!Check out "How I Spent My Summer of Presidential Travels, 2023, Part 2"!Links to Previous Episodes Mentioned:Birthplaces"James Garfield and Moreland Hills""William McKinley and Niles""Theodore Roosevelt and Manhattan""Franklin Roosevelt and Hyde Park""Richard Nixon and Yorba Linda"Homes"Thomas Jefferson and Monticello""James Monroe and Highland""Abraham Lincoln and Springfield""Ulysses Grant and Galena""James Garfield and Lawnfield""Chester Alan Arthur and Manhattan""Theodore Roosevelt and Sagamore Hill""Franklin Roosevelt and Warm Springs""Barack Obama and Oahu (and Kalorama)"Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information! Support the showVisit the social media on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

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 Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, and DC!Check out "How I Spent My Summer of Presidential Travels, 2023, Part 1"! Links to Previous Episodes Mentioned:Birthplaces"Thomas Jefferson and Shadwell""William Henry Harrison and the Berkeley Plantation""John Tyler and Greenway Plantation""James Polk and Pineville""Zachary Taylor and Montebello""Woodrow Wilson and Staunton"Homes"Thomas Jefferson and Monticello""James Madison and Montpelier""James Monroe and Highland""John Tyler and Sherwood Forest""William Howard Taft and Washington DC""Woodrow Wilson and Washington DC""Warren Harding and Marion""Herbert Hoover and Palo Alto" "Lyndon Johnson and the LBJ Ranch""Gerald Ford and Alexandria""Bill Clinton and Chappaqua""Barack Obama and Oahu (and Kalorama)"Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information! Support the showVisit the social media on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!