The Presidents: Hometowns & White House Trails
Birthplaces, boyhood farms, front-porch campaigns, and summer White Houses - the American places that made presidents before the presidency made them.
15 narrated stories — read them here, or hear them all in the app.
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
From Kentucky Farm to Lincoln Shrine
How a birthplace became an early national memorial to Lincoln.
Baltimore
The Night Lincoln Slipped Through Baltimore
A rail transfer, a divided city, and a journey rewritten in secret.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Where Theodore Roosevelt’s Story Begins
A Manhattan row house shaped the boy before the legend.
Nashville
From Nashville to the White House
How Andrew Jackson’s Nashville years forged his national power.
Charlotte
From Mecklenburg to the White House
How a boy born near Charlotte became the nation’s 11th president.
Indianapolis
Before the White House, Indianapolis
How Benjamin Harrison became a president in plain sight.
Harding Home Presidential Site
When a Front Porch Became a Presidential Stage
How a Marion home turned domestic life into national politics.
State Game Lodge
When a Rustic Lodge Became the Summer White House
A South Dakota lodge built for visitors briefly hosted a president and the nation’s attention.
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Where Hoover’s World Still Feels Small
A childhood landscape that explains a future president.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
Where a President Decided Memory Should Live
How Hyde Park became the template for presidential memory in America.
Harry S. Truman Birthplace State Historic Site
Where a President’s Story Began
A small Lamar house and the outsized future born there.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home
From an Abilene House to a Presidential Legacy
How a modest Kansas home became the anchor of Eisenhower’s national memorial.
Hays County
Where LBJ Learned What Power Was For
In San Marcos, a future president found the purpose behind ambition.
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
From Lemon Ranch to Presidential Library
A rural Orange County beginning that stayed with Richard Nixon.
Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home
Before the White House, a Child in Dixon
A small house, a young family, and the making of a hometown.
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