President’s Day Week: Jimmy Carter National Historic Site

Why rise at 5 a.m. to drive across Georgia from Macon to Plains, population 700? Among Plains’ residents are Rossalyn and Jimmy Carter, and the former President and Nobel Peace Prize winner was teaching Sunday school that morning. We were thrilled and excited, but we had doubts. Would we be welcome in this small town? [...]

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Jimmy Carter National Historic Site

Plains, Ga. Visited: December 19, 2004 NPS Site Visited: 129 of 353 NPS Website; Maranatha Baptist Church WHAT IS IT? Numerous buildings in Plains, Georgia, the boyhood and current home of the 39th U.S. president, Jimmy Carter. The Site celebrates Carter’s life as well as life in a typical rural southern town. BEAUTY (3/10) Buildings [...]

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Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Keystone, S. Dak. Visited: June 26, 2004 NPS Site Visited: 59 of 353 NPS Website WHAT IS IT? 60+ foot profiles of four American presidents carved onto the southeast side of a granite mountain. BEAUTY (9/10) Awe-inspiring. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum has captured the essence of his subjects: George Washington’s strength and determination; Jefferson’s aloofness; Roosevelt’s [...]

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James A. Garfield National Historic Site

Mentor, Ohio Visited: May 3, 2004 NPS Site Visited: 34 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? Lawnfield. The farm estate built in 1876 by then Ohio Congressman and future 20th President of the United States James A. Garfield. BEAUTY (6/10) Due to its two large-scale additions, Lawnfield is a mish-mash of architectural [...]

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