Category: Presidents
In Search of An Assassin
Deputy Eugene Boone was watching President Kennedy’s motorcade pass Main Street on November 22, 1963. But just moments after the president’s car traveled down the…
Yards Away from the Texas School Book Depository
Deputy Eugene Boone could have never imagined the life changing events that would occur in his life and those around him on November 22nd, 1963….
New Ways to Explore the Universe
It’s a marvel of science and engineering – a construction project so large that it took three years to complete. When it was finished, it…
President’s Week 2013: Calvin Coolidge
It all happened in the middle of the night. The citizens of the United States went to bed on August 2nd, 1923 with Warren Harding…
The Presidency of Zachary Taylor
Although this president died in office in 1850, his body was exhumed over a century later to determine if his death was really due to…
Grave Robbers
We may have heard tales of grave robbers, but perhaps you never knew that one such case took place in the tomb of one of…
A Place Called Hildene
Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky and lived most of his adult years in Illinois. But where did future generations of the Lincolns reside? Most…
The Son of a US President
Being the son of a U.S. president has its perks. However, it does provide a very high bar of achievement for that second generation. Which…
Springfield, Illinois: New Salem Village
Where was Abraham Lincoln living when he won his first political office? You may have forgotten that it was this town, which appears today much…
Springfield, Illinois: Lincoln’s Tomb
Arlington National Cemetery is the most visited cemetery is the nation. Which one ranks second? Well, a stop here honors a president and may even…
