In honor of the 4th of July, here’s a quick review of websites related to places around the state where you and your family can learn first-hand about the men who have served as President of the United States who were born in, lived in, or are buried in, Ohio.

William Henry Harrison

Harrison Tomb, North Bend
Village of North Bend

Ulysses S. Grant

Grant’s Birthplace, Point Pleasant
Grant Boyhood Home, Georgetown
Grant Schoolhouse, Georgetown

Rutherford B. Hayes

Hayes’ Birthplace Marker, Delaware
Mrs. Murray’s School, Delaware (where Hayes attended as a boy; center of photo)
Hayes Presidential Center and Spiegel Grove, Fremont

James Garfield

Lawnfield - James A. Garfield National Historic Site, Mentor

Benjamin Harrison

Village of North Bend

William McKinley

National McKinley Birthplace Memorial, Niles

William McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, Canton

Church of the Savior United Methodist, Canton
Lisbon, Ohio (homestead of William McKinley’s parental grandparents)

William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft National Historic Site, Cincinnati
Taft Museum, Cincinnati

Warren G. Harding

Presidential Inn, Blooming Grove (renovated 1917 schoolhouse on Harding Birthplace farm)
Harding Childhood Home, Water Street, Caledonia (still standing)
Harding Home, Marion
Harding Tomb, Marion

Other Places:

Ohio Historical Center, Columbus
National First Ladies’ Library, Canton

Photo: Joe Schlabotnik/Creative Commons License