Saturday night the 26th we stayed in Henrietta, NY at a Sam's Club. Sunday we drove for about 5 hrs and ended up in Mentor, Oh where we stayed at a WalMart. Monday morning (Memorial Day) we got up and drove 3 miles down the road to visit James Garfield's home. This is a National Historic Site that is run by the National Park Service. James Garfield was elected 20th president of the U.S. in November 1880. He was inaugurated in March 1881. He was president for only 200 hundred days, 80 of those days was spent in bed dying from a gunshot wound. He was assassinated by Charles Guiteau, a political fanatic. Garfield died September 19th. His house was originally a 1 room cottage. When Garfield bought the house, it had been expanded to 4 rooms. He moved here with his wife, Lucrecia and their 5 children along with James mother. Later Lucrecia's father moved in with them. So then 9 people were living in this 4 room house. Throughout the years the Garfields expanded the house to an impressive 20 room, 2 1/2 story home. After his death, Lucretia remained here with her family and continued to do repairs and expansions with the help of contributions from the American public. I have posted a few pictures of the house and grounds.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Today we went to Cleveland to see the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. What an outstanding museum. The place is huge. Six floors of memorabilia. Took a full day to see it all. Unfortunately couldn't take any pictures inside. Only got a picture of the Beatles guitar on the outside of the building. Sorry, guess you'll have to take a trip and see it yourself. It was another great day.
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