In continuation of our goal to promote the vote in our Political Orientation Month, we thought we’d highlight some of our nation’s memorial sites that celebrate the lives of past presidents. The question on hand now…in a hundred years from now, will there be a presidential memorial for Obama or McCain?
In the meantime, visit these sites to boost your political IQ and gain an appreciation for the men and women (though, really these sites are just of the men…) who have helped shape American political history.
- The Washington Monument – Washington, D.C.
- George Washington Memorial Parkway – Arlington, Virginia (D.C. Area)
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial – Washington, D.C.
- Abraham Lincoln Memorial – Washington, D.C.
- General Grant National Memorial – New York
- Ulysses S. Grant Cottage State Historic Site – New York
- James A. Garfield Monument
- McKinley National Memorial
- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site – New York
- Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site – Buffalo, New York
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt) – Keystone, South Dakota
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial – Washington, D.C.
- John F. Kennedy Library and Museum – Boston, Massachusetts
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac – McLean, Virginia
- Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site – Washington, D.C.
- Ronald Reagan Presidential Library – Simi Valley, California
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