President’s Day History Ride – Monday, February 19th
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@Judd 173758 wrote:
I’m hosting a President’s Day Ride again this year. In recognition of the bicentennial of the Great State of Illinois, this year’s ride will visit sites associated with the four Presidents who have called Illinois home: Lincoln, Grant, Reagan and Obama. I’m planning just 6 stops this year. At each stop I’ll share some history of the site or individual. I’ve tried to pick sites that for the most part you probably haven’t visited. (I’ve only been to two myself). I’ll once again try to tie historical events to the present.
The official ride will meet at the Lincoln Memorial at 10:30. I plan to get rolling by 10:45. The ride will end at the Lincoln Cottage, which has a museum and also does tours of the cottage (tours are $15). I’m planning on visiting the museum. Scheduling a tour of the cottage with an unknown number of folks arriving at an unknown time will be too unwieldy, so I opted not to include it as part of the ride. If the weather is nice (it was awesome last year) I may do a half DC loop back to Virginia.
I’m planning on starting the morning by having pancakes at Lazy Mike’s in Falls Church at 8 a.m. There was a great crowd there last year.
Hope to see you one the ride.
As an aside, US Grant was one of a few Presidents associated with NYC – he died there, and is buried in Grant’s tomb in Manhattan (in case you were wondering who is buried in Grant’s tomb). The only Presidents born in NYC are Teddy Roosevelt (Manhattan) and Donald Trump (Queens) So far none born in Brooklyn (but watch out
) The other President most associated recently with NYC is probably Bill Clinton, who had (has?) an office in Harlem post White House. Richard Nixon lived in Manhattan while working for a law firm after departing public life, after losing his race for Governor of California in 1962. Herbert Hoover lived briefly at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan, after leaving office, but before moving back to California. Grover Cleveland lived in NYC (I am not sure where, but I guess Manhattan) in between being 22nd and 24th President, and like Nixon, worked for a law firm (he was also a teacher at the NY Institute for the Blind, before entering law and politics). Of course George Washington resided in NYC AS President, and John Adams as VP, and Thomas Jefferson as Sec of State, and James Madison as a member of Congress.@lordofthemark 174179 wrote:
So far none born in Brooklyn (but watch out
) You saw it on the Bike Arlington Forum first, folks: Notis 2020.
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