Visiting the Presidents

What kind of Dad do you need to have in order to be president? Do successful presidents have positive relationships with their fathers? What kind of advantages did the presidents get from their Dads? We'll discuss all this and more in our BONUS episode! Remember to check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other informat...

Old Rough and Ready had to be born somewhere! Learn about Zachary Taylor, twelfth president of the United States, and his disputed birthplace at Montebello in Orange County, Virginia, as well as his youth in Kentucky and emergence as a military hero in a lifetime of service! Learn about what happened to Montebello as well as a birthplace controversy! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents....

James K Who? Travel to Pineville, NC, to see the birthplace of James K Polk, 11th President of the United States, and self-styled successor to Old Hickory, Andrew Jackson. Learn about his quick rise and intense work ethic, as well as what happened to his birthplace home! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, and other information! Episode Page: h...

The "Accidental President," the first to become president without being elected to the office, John Tyler grew up just down the road (now John Tyler Highway) from his running mate and predecessor, William Henry Harrison in Charles City, VA! The man without a party has a still standing birthplace: come visit the odd road Tyler took the presidency as well as what has happened to his house!...

Ol' Harrison's Landing! Want a presidential birthplace where the president being born there is like the fourth or fifth most interesting part? Come visit the Berkeley Plantation outside Charles City, VA, and the birthplace of William Henry Harrison, ninth president of the United States, as well as his interesting childhood as a son of the Revolution! Learn about the Berkeley Plantation’s...

Listeners, are you O.K.? Let's travel to Old Kinderhook, New York, birthplace of the eighth president of the United States, Martin Van Buren! Learn about his unique upbringing and his interest as a political operator, along with what happened to his birthplace tavern. Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, and other information! Episode Page:...

A rollicking trip to locate young, Bloody Andrew Jackson, one of our most controversial presidents and one of the biggest controversies surrounding a presidential birthplace! Jackson is claimed not just by two different sites, but by two different states, a battle of the Carolinas! We will get to the bottom of his birthplace dispute, as well as learn about the events and environment that shaped Ja...

Growing up on history's doorstep: The first son of a president to become one himself and the closest birthplace of one president to another, come visit John Quincy Adams in Braintree, Mass.! Probably our most accomplished childhood/upbringing of a president ever, we will look at his famous parents and life before the office, along with what happened to his famous birthplace! Check out the web...

"The Last of the Virginia Dynasty," but one of the best at birthplace commemorations. Come visit James Monroe and his birth, childhood, and upbringing, as we explore his birth site at Colonial Beach, Virginia. He may have been in the shadow of the other Virginia Fathers, but Monroe's birthsite makes clear he is no slouch! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual...

You never know who you'll run into...Come visit James Madison's birthplace at Belle Grove in Port Conway, Virginia, as we understand his birth, childhood, family life, and formative years, as well as what happened to his site! Bonus stop at a famous site, not far from Madison's birthplace! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, and...

"Thomas Jefferson, Lover of Liberty, was born"...where? Come visit Thomas Jefferson's birthplace in Shadwell, Virginia, as we understand his birth, childhood, family life, and formative years, as well as what happened to his site! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, and other information! Episode Page: https://visitingthepresiden...

Why are you the way that you are? Come visit John Adams’ birthplace in Braintree, Massachusetts, as we understand his birth, childhood, family life, and formative years, and learn just what made John Adams the way that he was! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, and other information! Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2021/01/26/e...

You won't forget the first! Listen as we explore George Washington's birth, childhood, education, and early career, and his birthplace, Pope's Creek, Virginia! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, and other information! Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2021/01/16/episode-1-george-washingtons-pope-creek/ Season 2&apo...

Visiting the Presidents with Joe Faykosh will take listeners through the birthplaces, homes, libraries, museums, and gravesites of the Presidents of the United States, along with other fun historical sites along the way. This episode gives some background on your host, Joe Faykosh, along with the format of the show to come! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links,...