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Visiting the Presidents
Visiting the Presidents takes listeners through the birthplaces, homes, gravesites, libraries, and other historical sites associated with the Presidents of the United States. Join Dr. Joe Faykosh as we explore the childhoods, lives, loves, careers, and deaths of these presidents through the sites that were touched by them.
Episodes
136 episodes
BONUS! How I Spent My Summer of Presidential Travels 2024, Part 1!
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. The first of three trips, join me as I visit Colorado, Kansas, Missou...
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S3 E15 James Buchanan's Tomb
"Oh, Lord God Almighty, as thou wilt!" The final words of James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States, and today regarded as one of the worst. Learn about the end to Buchanan's Presidency, his lonely years after, his death, burial, and ...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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45:55
S3 E14 Franklin Pierce's Tomb
Enigmatic to the end, our 14th President, Franklin Pierce, passed away without family present and no last words recorded. Learn about the end of Pierce's Presidency, his tragic post-Presidency, his death, burial, commemorations, and more!
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Episode 14
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48:02
S3 E13 Millard Fillmore's Tomb
"The nourishment is palatable," the last words of our oft-forgotten 13th President, Millard Fillmore. Learn about the end of Fillmore's Presidency, his active post-Presidency, including his run at the office again, his death, burial, commemorat...
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Episode 13
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48:03
S3 E12 Zachary Taylor's Tomb
"I have tried to discharge my duties faithfully. I regret nothing, but I am sorry that I am about to leave my friends.” The 12th President of the United States, Zachary Taylor was also our second to die in office; like his predecessor, his body...
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Episode 12
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49:34
S3 E11 James K Polk's Tomb
"I love you, Sarah, for all eternity, I love you.” So died James Polk, 11th President of the United States, our shortest post-Presidency, and the youngest to die, at the time! Learn about his brief post-Presidency; his illness and death; his fu...
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Episode 11
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48:52
S3 E10 John Tyler's Tomb
"Doctor, I am going. Perhaps it is best.” Our First President to die in a foreign country, John Tyler, 10th President of the United States! Learn about his tumultuous post-Presidency; his illness and death; his funeral, burial, and commemoratio...
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Episode 10
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45:01
BONUS! How I Spent My Christmas Break with Presidential Travels 2024!
BONUS episode featuring my Christmas break with Presidential travels as I fit in as many birthplaces, gravesites, homes, and other sites into my Visits home between Arizona and Ohio (and New Orleans?). Join me as I Visit Illinois, Indiana, Ohio...
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21:30
S3 E9 William Henry Harrison's Tomb
"I wish you to understand the true principles of government; I wish them carried out, I ask nothing more.” Our First Presidential Death: William Henry Harrison exited the world just one month after taking office as the 9th President of the Unit...
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Episode 9
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49:49
S3 E8 Martin Van Buren's Tomb
"There is but one reliance." Martin Van Buren, our 8th President was a career politician, living and breathing politics to the very end. Hear about the end of his Presidency, his life after the office, his death, burial, and commemoration...
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Episode 8
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49:07
S3 E7 Andrew Jackson's Tomb
"Do not cry; be good children and we shall meet in heaven." Andrew Jackson, our 7th President, lived hard, and died harder, a man who rarely took an easy breath throughout his long life. Hear about his Presidency, his life after the offic...
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Episode 7
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53:53
S3 E6 John Quincy Adams' Tomb
"This is the last of Earth but I am composed!" Fewer Presidents have had a more difficult Presidency, and given more in their post-Presidency than John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States. Hear about his Presidency, his remarkabl...
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Episode 6
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47:25
S3 E5 James Monroe's Tomb
Another Fourth, another President's death! Hear about the strange afterlife of James Monroe, our first President to die away from his home, and one of the first to be transferred from one state to another! Learn about James Monroe's brief post-...
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Episode 5
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46:09
S3 E4 James Madison's Tomb
James Madison, the last of the Founding Presidents to pass, but one supremely focused on his historical legacy. Journey back to Montpelier to check out the simple cemetery with a large obelisk, and what this means for the memory of the Fourth P...
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Episode 4
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38:58
S3 E3 Thomas Jefferson's Tomb
"Thomas Jefferson surives!"--famous last words. While not true in a corporeal sense, Jefferson's legacy is with us and debated here. Journey back to Monticello to check out the simple cemetery with a large obelisk, and an outsized contribution ...
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Episode 3
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55:13
S3 E2 John Adams' Tomb
"Querulous, bald, blind, crippled, toothless" John Adams! And those are the compliments! We are back in Quincy and checking out the church that holds TWO presidents' graves, as well as their spouses! Learn about John Adams' long post-pres...
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Episode 2
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S3 E1 George Washington's Tomb
"First in War, First in Peace, First...President in a Grave?!" We are back and checking out George Washington's precedence-setting end of term, post-Presidency, death, and gravesite!Check out the website at
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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52:37
S3 E0 About Season 3 of "Visiting the Presidents"!
We are coming back for Season 3 of "Visiting the Presidents," focused on Visiting the Presidents' gravesites! Hear what you can expect from each new episode as well as some things to keep in mind as we explore the end of Presidents' administrat...
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Episode 0
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17:49
BONUS! How I Spent My Summer of Presidential Travels 2023, Part 3!
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. The second of three trips, join me as I visit New York State and City...
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Season 2
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Episode 0
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38:39
BONUS! How I Spent My Summer of Presidential Travels 2023, Part 2!
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. The second of three trips, join me as I visit Florida, Georgia, North...
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Season 2
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Episode 0
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38:47
BONUS! Visits FROM the Presidents! Halloween and Presidential Ghost Stories!
BONUS Episode featuring Presidential hauntings and ghost stories from the White House, as well as a short history of how Americans fell in love with hauntings! Check out the website at Visitin...
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Season 2
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Episode 0
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53:56
BONUS! How I Spent My Summer of Presidential Travels 2023, Part 1!
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. The first of three trips, join me as I visit Texas, Louisiana, Tennes...
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Season 2
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Episode 0
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34:43
S2 E47 My Top Fifteen Presidential Homes and Season 2 Recap!
We are recapping the Presidential Homes we Visited in Season 2! I will give out Presidential Home Superlatives, including, Most Improved, Can't Wait to ReVisit, and and Best Gardens, and rank my Top FIFTEEN Favorite Homes!Let's ring out...
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Season 2
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Episode 47
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50:52
BONUS! Listener Feedback Season 2!
I am turning this Episode over to my listeners to hear about what sites and episodes you enjoyed hearing the most! I am also laying out what to expect in Season 3! Check out the website at
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Episode 0
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S2 E46 Joe Biden and Wilmington
Our First State and Current President go hand-in-hand! Joe Biden, 46th President of the United States: our first President from Delaware, and with an extensive real-estate portfolio! Learn about Joe's political career and time as Vice President...
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Episode 46
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35:06