S3 E25 William McKinley's Tomb

"Please put out the light, James." The last words of a larger-than-life leader, Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President, whose time after the White House was also full of adventure and excitement. Learn about his action-filled post-Presidency, his illnesses, 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/2025/09/09/season-3-episode-26-theodore-roosevelts-tomb/ Season 1's Theodore Roosevelt Episode: "Theodore Roosevelt and Manhattan" on his birthplace!Season 2's Theodore Roosevelt Episode: "Theodore Roosevelt and Sagamore Hill" on his home!Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

"It is God's will, not ours." William McKinley, 25th President of the United States, died after a week of suffering from an assassin's bullet, our third President killed in office. Learn about his brief second term, his shooting and death, funeral, and tomb in Canton! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2025/08/26/season-3-episode-25-william-mckinleys-tomb/Season 1's William McKinley Episode: "William McKinley and Niles" on his birthplace!Season 2's William McKinley Episode: "William McKinley and Canton" on his homes!Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

We are back for more! More questions and more answers about Presidents, their sites, and all of the fun along the way!Be sure to check out Part I, but here we will answer: What crimes have occurred at Presidential sites?Which President had the worst hygiene?Which President threw the best parties?Which President needs MORE statues?What Presidential legacies have improved over time, and why?What sites would get donations from me if I struck it rich?What is my "white whale" for Presidential sites?And more! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2025/06/03/season-3-episode-24-not-grover-clevelands-second-term-question-and-answer-episode/Part 1: https://visitingthepresidents.buzzsprout.com/1617841/episodes/17275847-s3-e24-not-grover-cleveland-s-second-term-question-and-answer-episodeSeason 1's "NOT Grover Cleveland's Second Term Question and Answer Episode"!Season 2's "NOT Grover Cleveland's Second Term Question and Answer Episode"!  Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

Who says you can't have a second chance? Grover Cleveland did, since joined by Donald Trump, as our only Presidents to serve non-consecutive terms!We won’t do his gravesite in Princeton Cemetery over…Check out Episode 22, "Grover Cleveland's Tomb" for that info! Instead, Episode 24 is a Question and Answer with questions submitted by listeners of the “Visiting the Presidents” podcast!Among the Questions Answered: Should we re-Visit the no-third term rule? How do Presidents unwind after serving as President?Are Presidents through with cemeteries?Is talking about Presidential deaths a downer? Does our current sensitivity to mental health alter how we view Presidents who struggled?Which President would I borrow from in choosing a gravesite?Whose gravesite is the most extravagant? The most "meh"? Which Presidential tomb would I re-do?And more!  Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2025/06/03/season-3-episode-24-not-grover-clevelands-second-term-question-and-answer-episode/Part 2: https://visitingthepresidents.buzzsprout.com/1617841/episodes/17549254-s2-e24a-not-grover-cleveland-s-second-term-question-and-answer-part-2Season 1's "NOT Grover Cleveland's Second Term Question and Answer Episode"!Season 2's "NOT Grover Cleveland's Second Term Question and Answer Episode"!  Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

"Are the doctors here?" With those words, the second President Harrison died.  Learn about the difficult end of Benjamin Harrison's Presidency, his second marriage, his failing health, death, and burial, as well as his gravesite in Indianapolis! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2025/05/20/season-3-episode-23-benjamin-harrisons-tomb/ Season 1's Benjamin Harrison Episode: "Benjamin Harrison and North Bend" on his birthplace!Season 2's Benjamin Harrison Episode: "Benjamin Harrison and Indianapolis" on his homes!Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

"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!