by ericwebsite | Jan 26, 2023 | Newest
Lancaster, Pennsylvania has been on my list of sites to visit for many years. But James Buchanan just doesn’t serve as the magnet that some of the others do, right? The only reason I have visited his birthplace is because I was lost in thought on the...
by ericwebsite | Jan 26, 2023 | Newest
Franklin Roosevelt’s presidential plane, The Sacred Cow. Long about a year ago, I walked into a Safety Meeting of the first shift machinists and looked around the room and said, “I’m sure your wondering why I asked you all here tonight. Years ago,...
by ericwebsite | Jan 18, 2023 | Chasing Presidents
Koritansky Hall, Hiram College. Site where James Garfield preached. Some things are worth the wait. Last weekend, I set out on my first Chasing Presidents tour of 2023. I turned back after only a half hour. I was to visit five new presidential sites and three I have...
by ericwebsite | Dec 30, 2022 | Chasing Presidents
Downtown Independence Maybe you know that Harry Truman is from Independence, Missouri. Maybe you know he became president on the death of Franklin Roosevelt. If you know that you probably know that Roosevelt and Truman spoke only a handful of times- and FDR did not...
by ericwebsite | Dec 20, 2022 | Chasing Presidents... At Home
Coming to Terms with Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage. Photo by Eric Ebinger, July, 2022 My first trip to the Hermitage was in 1998 after an all night road trip from State College to Nashville. I dare say we embarked on the trip for the sole purpose of...
