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Happy Birthday JFK!

Posted by Nerd Trips on 7:57 am in Presidents | 0 comments

Happy Birthday to President John Fitzgerald Kennedy! Our 35th president was born May 29, 1917. Here some facts about JFK.

Monticello: Grounds and Gardens

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The grounds and gardens of Monticello are a living monument to Thomas Jefferson’s interest in nature, including his methodical study of the plants on his property.

After touring the house, we took a separate tour of Monticello’s gardens (offered April through October) where we learned that there are plants growing there today that descended from Jefferson’s time.

After touring the house, we took a separate tour of Monticello’s gardens (offered April through October) where we learned that there are plants growing there today that descended from Jefferson’s time.

More Monticello

Posted by Nerd Trips on 7:42 am in Presidents | 0 comments

What does your home say about you? For Thomas Jefferson, Monticello may be a physical autobiography of this president, statesman, scholar, inventor, designer, writer, gardener, etc. Jefferson was a complex individual, and a tour of his home is fascinating.

Monticello (The Ultimate Nerd Trip, Part 3)

Posted by Nerd Trips on 7:40 am in Presidents | 0 comments

Monticello may be one of the most iconic buildings in the United States – it’s even on the back of a coin. Thomas Jefferson famously designed and built his home atop a hill in Virginia (Monticello means “little mountain” in Italian). Monticello is so famous and popular, it is debatable whether it should be labeled as a “Nerd Trip,” however, as the home of our third president, Monticello firmly falls under the original concept of Nerd Trips. Unlike some presidential sites we’ve visited, you may not...

More Monroe (The Ultimate Nerd Trip, Part 2)

Posted by Nerd Trips on 7:20 pm in Presidents | 2 comments

Finishing our tour of Ash Lawn-Highland, home of President James Monroe, you can’t miss this 250-year-old tree known as the Monroe Oak. Seriously, it’s a really cool tree. You may need to see it in person to appreciate its size, with a 20-foot circumference! This tree even had its own blog on the Ash Lawn website.

James Monroe: Ash Lawn-Highland (Ultimate Nerd Trip – Part 2)

Posted by Nerd Trips on 3:09 am in Presidents | 3 comments

Our first official stop was Ash Lawn-Highland, the home of our fifth president, James Monroe. Thomas Jefferson wanted the Monroes to live nearby, so he encouraged his friend to buy this property down the road from Monticello.

William Henry Harrison Memorial – a Nerd Trip to North Bend

Posted by Nerd Trips on 7:34 am in Presidents | 2 comments

We had neither a GPS nor smart phone, so we were relying on printed Internet directions, which didn’t work so well. We had a tough time finding the memorial. I recall thinking, “Poor William Henry Harrison, if he had been in office longer, his memorial may have been better marked.”