PRESIDENT JAMES K. POLK HOME & MUSEUM - COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE
Glad we were finally able to visit this place. The tour guide was knowledgeable and nice. The tour overall was awesome!
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COLUMBIA TN - James K. Polk Presidential Home & Museum | Truly Remarkable Life
I (Craig) took a little bit of a retreat to the country in the form of a road trip between June 23 - 28, 2017 and ended up exploring the Natchez Trace just south of Nashville, TN, I came across the home of the 11th President of the United States, James K. Polk. Much to my surprise, it was quite an interesting stop with rare and well-preserved history. The town itself wasn't overwhelmingly beautiful, but it does boast a very Back to the Future -like town square.
I would also recommend driving around within a few blocks of the square to find the beautiful old homes. They are very picturesque.
I was able to stop for photos and antique browsing at the square, and had lunch at the Market Square Café. It was very good, but I'd recommend something other than their signature dish -- the Tennessee Hot Brown. It was interesting, but the menu was so great that I left wishing I'd have tried something that wasn't swimming in alfredo sauce. Okay, so I can say I tried it ONCE.
There is just enough to do in Columbia to make an afternoon of it along your way down the Natchez Trace.
Be sure to look up the Meriwether Lewis historic sight in nearby Hohenwald, TN.
I plan to make it back someday to hit many of the old south plantations and civil war sites that are scattered along the Natchez Trace. In the meanwhile, I thought this would make a fitting Independence Day video! Enjoy!
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James K. Polk Home
This week on NCTV, we pay a visit to Columbia, Tennessee for a tour of the 11th U.S. President's home.
Episode 2615.2 | James K. Polk Home | Tennessee Crossroads
Three presidents have claimed Tennessee as home. Andrew Jackson and Andrew Johnson whom were both large figures on the historical stage. But, the third Tennessee president went to Washington, did what he said he would do and then came home, all without much fanfare. Tennessee Crossroads wanted to find out more about this most interesting president, and where better to start than the man's own home? Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about James K. Polk Home.
James K. Polk Home: Columbia, Tennessee
Take a look inside the James K. Polk Home in Maury County.
Sen. Alexander Seeks To Preserve James K. Polk Home
The James K Polk Home and Museum might be one of Tennessee's best historic sites, but it doesn't get a lot of attention. U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander is trying to change that.
JAMES K. POLK PRESIDENTIAL HOME
JAMES K. POLK PRESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD
Presidential Places #20, James K. Polk House
It's hard to find any places still extant that relate to the short-termed pre-Civil War Presidents like James K. Polk (1845-49). In lieu of his mansion that was torn down over a century ago, we have left this modest house in Columbia, TN where the future President lived off and on during the time he was a college student at UNC. Polk is a fascinating figure about who has too low a profile in American history.
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HOUSE PASSES REP. SCOTT DESJARLAIS' BILL TO HELP PRESERVE JAMES K. POLK HOME IN COLUMBIA
The House of Representatives passed Congressman Scott DesJarlais’ bill to study the feasibility of placing the President James K. Polk Home and Museum in Columbia, Tennessee, under protection of the National Park Service. An Interior Department study would be a major step towards helping the charity that maintains the property to preserve and expand it.
Polk house ride and tour part 1
A few good riders join me to ride to Columbia, TN to visit the James K. Polk Museum. This is just the beginning with additional episodes coming out.
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Resolution To Dig Up U.S. President's Body Approved
NASHVILLE, Tenn. --The Tennessee Senate passed a resolution Monday that would allow the body of former President James K. Polk to be exhumed and moved to a fourth resting place. Polk and his wife, Sarah, are currently buried on the grounds of the state Capitol. The resolution would allow the bodies to be exhumed and moved about 50 miles south to Columbia to the grounds of the James K. Polk Home and Museum. The proposal has riled some folks in Tennessee who think the move desecrates the body of the nation’s 11th president. Polk, a former Tennessee governor, died of cholera in June of 1849, just three months after leaving the White House.
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Plan To Dig Up U.S. President's Body Deemed Mortifying By Family
President James K. Polk did big things for America, dramatically expanding its borders by annexing Texas and seizing California and the Southwest in a war with Mexico. In a proposal that has riled some folks in Tennessee, state lawmakers want to move Polk’s body to what would be its fourth resting place in the nearly 170 years since he died of cholera. The plan is to exhume Polk’s remains and those of his wife, Sarah, from their white-columned tomb on the grounds of the state Capitol in Nashville and take them about 50 miles to his father’s home, now known as the James K. Polk Home and Museum, in Columbia. Teresa Elam, who says she is a seventh-generation great-niece of the childless Polk, called the whole idea “mortifying.”
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Acting Presidents
Each of the U.S. presidents, as portrayed on screens large and small.
Music:
Hail to the Chief/Minstrel Boy - Brave Combo
Hail to the Chief - Donn Legge, Cathy Ellis & René Gonzalez
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Presidents:
George Washington: Peter Graves -- Rebels
John Adams: Paul Giamatti -- John Adams
Thomas Jefferson: Nick Nolte -- Jefferson in Paris
James Madison: Burgess Meredith -- Magnificent Doll
James Monroe: Morgan Wallace -- Alexander Hamilton
John Quincy Adams: Anthony Hopkins -- Amistad
Andrew Jackson: David McArdle -- The Hermitage Museum
Martin Van Buren: Nigel Hawthorne -- Amistad
William Henry Harrison: wax figure
John Tyler: wax figure
James K. Polk: wax figure
Zachary Taylor: wax figure
Millard Fillmore: Alec Baldwin (eventually)
Franklin Pierce: Porter Hall -- The Great Moment
James Buchanan: unknown actor -- My Favorite Martian
Abraham Lincoln: Daniel Day Lewis -- Lincoln
Andrew Johnson: Van Heflin -- Tennessee Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant: Roy Engel -- The Wild Wild West
Rutherford B. Hayes: Joseph Hamilton -- Bat Masterson
James Garfield: some kid -- school event
Chester Alan Arthur: guy named Joe, with mutton chops
Grover Cleveland: Wilford Brimley -- The Wild Wild West Revisited
Benjamin Harrison: some kid -- school event
Grover Cleveland: Pat McCormick -- Buffalo Bill and the Indians
William McKinley: Richard Strobel -- 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
Theodore Roosevelt: Robin Williams -- Night at the Museum
William Howard Taft: Victor Buono -- Backstairs at the White House
Woodrow Wilson: Alexander Knox -- Wilson
Warren G. Harding: George Kennedy -- Backstairs at the White House
Calvin Coolidge: Ed Flanders -- Backstairs at the White House
Herbert Hoover: Larry Gates -- Backstairs at the White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Bill Murray -- Hyde Park on Hudson
Harry Truman: Gary Sinise -- Truman
Dwight Eisenhower: Tom Selleck -- Ike: Countdown to D-Day
John F. Kennedy: Greg Kinnear -- The Kennedys
Lyndon Johnson: Liev Schreiber -- The Butler
Richard Nixon: Anthony Hopkins -- Nixon
Gerald Ford: Chevy Chase -- Saturday Night Live
Jimmy Carter: Dan Aykroyd -- Saturday Night Live
Ronald Reagan: James Brolin -- The Reagans
George H. W. Bush: James Cromwell -- W
Bill Clinton: Dennis Quaid -- The Special Relationship
George W. Bush: Josh Brolin -- W
Barack Obama: Ron Butler (impersonator)
James K. Polk Historic Site in Charlotte NC
Tour of James K. Polk Historic Site in Charlotte NC. Visit the birthplace of the eleventh president of the US. Carol Fox Allen Tate Realtors 704-905-3935
White Haven - U.S. Grant National Historic Site - Panoramic
Panoramic view of the house and grounds. A great little spot right next to Grant Farms. They have canons. The green paint is filled with copper to prevent plant and other growth. They have a great museum and tour program.
Presidential historic sites across Pennsylvania
Kyle Weaver, editor of Pennsylvania Heritage magazine, discusses Presidential Attractions in Pennsylvania live from The State Museum of Pennsylvania, where points out artifacts related to the presidents that are on display and highlights presidential historic sites across the state.
James K Polk's Home in Pineville, North Carolina