S3 E33 Harry S Truman's Tomb

"Give 'em Hell, Harry!" reflected the fighting style of Harry S Truman, 33rd President of the United States, an irascible man to the end. Learn about the end of his term, his post-Presidency and relationships with other Presidents, 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: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2026/03/10/season-3-episode-33-harry-s-trumans-tomb/Season 1's Harry S Truman Episode: "Harry S Truman and Lamar" on his birthplace!Season 2's Harry S Truman Episode: "Harry S Truman and Independence" on his homes!Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

"I have a terrific headache!" Franklin Roosevelt exclaimed, right before slumping over, and ending the longest and one of the most consequential Presidencies.  Learn about the end of our 32nd President's administration, his health concerns, decline and death, and burial, along with his legacy! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2026/02/17/season-3-episode-32-franklin-roosevelts-tomb/Season 1's Franklin Roosevelt Episode: "Franklin Roosevelt and Hyde Park" on his birthplace!Season 2's Franklin Roosevelt Episode: "Franklin Roosevelt and Warm Springs" on his homes!Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

"We'd like to thank you, Herbert Hoover!" the song goes, the result of a rough Presidency followed by a stellar post-Presidency. Learn about the end of our 31st President's administration, his long retirement, his decline and death, and burial, along with his legacy! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2026/02/03/season-3-episode-31-herbert-hoovers-tomb/Season 1's Herbert Hoover Episode: "Herbert Hoover and West Branch" on his birthplace!Season 2's Herbert Hoover Episode: "Herbert Hoover and Palo Alto" on his homes!Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

Keep cool with Coolidge...but not too cool! A President renowned for his brevity, Calvin Coolidge, 30th President, masked great pain and real ambivalence about his office. Learn about the end of his administration, his brief retirement, his decline and death, and burial, along with his legacy! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2026/01/20/season-3-episode-30-calvin-coolidges-tomb/Season 1's Calvin Coolidge Episode: "Calvin Coolidge and Plymouth Notch" on his birthplace!Season 2's Calvin Coolidge Episode: "Calvin Coolidge and Northampton" on his homes!Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

"That's good. Go on; Read some more," the last words of Warren Harding, 29th President of the United States, and our sixth to die in office. Learn about Harding's scandal-plagued Presidency, his health concerns, sudden 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/2025/12/09/season-3-episode-29-warren-hardings-tomb/Season 1's Warren Harding Episode: "Warren Harding and Blooming Grove" on his birthplace!Season 2's Warren Harding Episode: "Warren Harding and Marion" on his home!Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

"When the machinery is broken...I am ready," the last words of Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States. Learn about his difficult final years as President, including his fateful incapacity, his brief post-Presidency, 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/2025/11/25/season-3-episode-28-woodrow-wilsons-tomb/Season 1's Woodrow Wilson Episode: "Woodrow Wilson and Staunton" on his birthplace!Season 2's Woodrow Wilson Episode: "Woodrow Wilson and Washington, DC" on his homes!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. My trip to New York, Boston, Georgia, and Texas, with side jaunts to Oregon and Ohio! Links to Previous Episodes Mentioned:Birthplaces"John Adams and Braintree""John Quincy Adams and Quincy""Theodore Roosevelt and Manhattan""Calvin Coolidge and Plymouth Notch""Herbert Hoover and West Branch""Franklin Roosevelt and Hyde Park""John F Kennedy and Brookline""Jimmy Carter and Plains" "George W Bush and New Haven""Barack Obama and Honolulu" Homes"John Adams and Peacefield" "Franklin Pierce and Concord""Rutherford Hayes and Spiegel Grove""Warren Harding and Marion""John F Kennedy and Hyannis Port""Jimmy Carter and the Carter Home""Barack Obama and Oahu" Gravesites"John Adams' Tomb""John Quincy Adams' Tomb" "Franklin Pierce's Tomb" "Ulysses Grant's Tomb""Rutherford Hayes' Tomb" Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

The second (and final) diversion from the Presidents content: BONUS episode featuring my trip to Rome, seeing the sites and enjoying the Eternal City, a dream trip for me! Hear about how I planned and executed a trip abroad! Back to Presidential content in a few weeks! Part 1: How I Spent My Summer of International Travels, 2025! PARIS! Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

A brief diversion from the Presidents content, though I do Visit some Presidents in the City of Lights! BONUS episode featuring my trip to Paris, where I fit statues of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and a bust of Abraham Lincoln between museums and cathedrals and a lot of walking! Hear about how I planned and executed a trip abroad! Back to Presidential content in a few weeks! Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

"I don't remember that I was ever President," William Howard Taft once said, a decade removed from his tumultuous tenure as 27th President. Learn about his post-Presidency; the real joy of his life, his tenure as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; 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/2025/09/23/season-3-episode-27-william-howard-tafts-tomb/Season 1's William Howard Taft Episode: "William Howard Taft and Cincinnati" on his birthplace!Season 2's William Howard Taft Episode: "William Howard Taft and Washington, DC" on his homes!Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!