This is the front side of the Ohio State Capitol that I missed when we were here a couple years ago. Statue of President William McKinley.Flags out for 9/11
President Ulysses Grant, our 18th president, from 1869-1877, lived in this house with his wife Julia after he retired from the army (before the Civil War). He lived here before and after the war. After he left the presidency, he lived in New York City.The house is open for public tours, but we were there early and it was not open yet.Belvedere Mansion, built in 1857, considered the finest mansion in Galena. (Nothing to do with Grant, but it is significant to Galena IL).
The movie was filmed here in 1988 and released in 1989. It won 7 Oscars. Like Dances With Wolves, Field of Dreams starred Kevin Costner.If you build it, he will come….So here I am!Doing my Tom Seaver imitation.Running the bases.And he scores!
This is the birthplace of President Herbert Hoover, our 31st president, from 1929-1933. He was born here in 1874.In this two room house lived Herbert’s parents and three children! Tight quarters!Rear of the house.Their bathroom.Hoover’s father was a blacksmith.The little box beside the brick chimney says “Seat for boys Tad-Bertie”. Bertie was the future president.Hoover attended this schoolhouse.Teacher’s desk.Penmanship workbook – an obsolete school subject.Student’s desk and books.The Friends (Quaker) Meeting House. Hoover was raised Quaker.Men sat on the right side of the partition.Women sat on the left side, with access to the cry room.The cry room.Unfortunately the Presidential Museum was closed due to COVID fear.The museum campus is very park-like.The graves of President Herbert and First Lady Lou Hoover.
