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Presidential New York
Discover the homes, schools, monuments, offices, shops, houses of worship, theaters, and other sites associated with the presidents from John Hancock (Yes, our first president under the Articles of Confederation) to the current and prospective occupants of the Oval Office. Learn where George Washington and Chester A. Arthur took their oaths of office in New York City, Abraham Lincoln shopped for a hat and collected his biggest legal fee, Theodore Roosevelt went to law school, Grover Cleveland taught school, Franklin D. Roosevelt lived, and Richard Nixon practiced law.
Two future presidents: Governor Grover Cleveland
signs a bill into law championed by New York State
Assemblyman Theodore Roosevelt (This was the
first cartoon to have Theodore Roosevelt as a subject)
Washington's New York
Learn about Washington's role as commander -in-chief and president of the United States. We shall visit the sites of the first two presidential homes, Fraunces Tavern where Washington said good-bye to his officers, and Federal Hall (The First White House), where Washington took his oath of office.
George Washington's Inauguration as President at Federal Hall
Learn about Jefferson's New York when he was Secretary of State in 1789. We shall visit the site of his home as well as his rival Alexander Hamilton and discuss their deal that moved our nation's capitol out of New York City to Washington, DC.
Thomas Jefferson Moves the Nation's Capital from New York City Southward
President Lincoln's New York in War and Peace
Trace Abraham Lincoln's three visits to NYC in 1857, 1860, and 1861 and plus the funeral ceremonies in 1865 will be examined. The 1863 draft riots and NYC's role in the Civil War will be discussed.
Make a pilgrimage to places associated with Grant in New York: where he worked, lived, and is buried.
Theodore Roosevelt's New York I: The Urban Experience
Visit Teedie's (his childhood nickname) birthplace as well as the neighborhoods where he grew up, Union Square and Gramercy Park.
Theodore Roosevelt Loved NYC and NYC loved Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt's New York
Theodore Roosevelt's New York II:
The Suburban Experience -- Pilgrimage to Sagamore Hill, the Home of Long Island's Own President
Join us on a pilgrimage to Sagamore Hill, home of Theodore Roosevelt, America's first suburban president, and his adopted h hometown of Oyster Bay. After summering on Long Island with his father, Roosevelt fell in love with the Oyster Bay area, and purchased land where he had custom-designed home built overlooking Oyster Bay. Sagamore Hill is chock full of personal and historical mementos of apparel, furniture and much more provide a real inside look at our Long Island president.
Enjoy a leisurely lunch following our tour of Sagamore Hill, at the Homestead Restaurant. Next it's on to the Oyster Bay Historical Society where we will tour the Earle-Wightman House, an outstanding example of 18th century architecture, originally built in 1720, and added to over the next century. It exemplifies the Revolutionary War period of our nation with an abundance of war memorabilia. Finally we will make a pilgrimage to the grave of Theodore Roosevelt.
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Upstate New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt got his political start when he became the state assemblyman in Dutchess County in a district that had been Republican for over half a century. We will visit the Vanderbilt estate. If you enjoy touring a mansion that screams "money," this is certainly the place. Like any Vanderbilt mansion, it is in a class of its own.
Then, at lunch we will have a sumptuous repast at the world renown CIA -- the Culinary Institute of America -- where 14 of America's 45 five star chefs teach students to follow in their footsteps. We will enjoy top of the line French cuisine at The Escoffier Restaurant, one of four restaurants, operated by the students under the supervision of the faculty. You will have time to buy browse the shops to buy food, utensils, and books. The Institute has a splendid view of the Hudson River Valley.
After lunch, we will visit the home and library of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Roosevelts served hot dogs to the king and queen of England on a state visit at their home. The library is the nation's first presidential libraries and the first and only one ever used by a sitting president. In addition to artifacts from the lives of president and Mrs. Roosevelt, the facility houses FDR's papers from his years as governor of New York and president as well as materials belonging to those who served him in Albany and Washington. Two wings were added in 1971 devoted to Eleanor Roosevelt. You're on your own for the library and museum but not FDR's home, which is well worth looking at.
We will visit the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic site, known as Val-Kill, the Depression-era workshop she set up for workers, and Eleanor's home as a widow from 1945 until her death in 1962.
Your host will be Dr. Philip E. Schoenberg, a scholar, historian, and researcher on the presidents who will give you an abundance of anecdotes on both Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Presidential Pilgrimage to Washington, DC
Join Dr. Schoenberg as we explore the homes and sites connected with Washington's leading politicians and presidents for two hundred years. Since Washington DC became the nation's capital in 1800, it has been the center of the American political universe. Among the sites we can visit: the U. S. Supreme Court, the Capitol, the White House, the FDR Memorial, the Washington Monument, the Jefferson Memorial, the Vietnam Memorial, the World War II Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, the Library of Congress, and the home of Woodrow Wilson.
Washington 1876
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