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Adventures of Link: Any Excuse for a Long Weekend, Right?

2/18/2008 at 4:45 PM
Tags: Presidents Day, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, National Parks, History (all tags)

Ah, Presidents Day. Nobody really knows what it's about, but everybody likes a day off. Since we're feeling a little patriotic today, we've rustled up some presidential sites worth seeing.

There's lots of George Washington stuff all over the country, including Mount Rushmore. (If you didn't have the day off for a presidential trip, check in with Washington on that quarter in your pocket.) And since he's been trying to horn in on Presidents Day, we've gone ahead and tipped our stovepipe hat to Abraham Lincoln.

Related Stories:
· GW Took the Oath of Office at Federal Hall [Official Site]
· Carpenters' Hall Hosted the First Continental Congress [Official Site]
· G-Dubs Distilled Lots of Booze at Mount Vernon [Official Site]
· Valley Forge Is Now a National Historical Park [Official Site]
· Lincoln Spent Most of the Civil War at His Cottage [Official Site]

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Not Just the Land of Lincoln

10/06/2006 at 11:50 AM
Tags: Tourist Attractions, History, Historic Trips, Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln (all tags)

Citizens of Illinois! Do you hunger for Presidential history yet dread the thought of driving down to Springfield, a capitol city so vile that governor Rod Blagojevich opts not to live there? Head to picturesque Galena, IL, instead. It's about a four hour drive from Chicago. Here you can tour the onetime home of Ulysses S. Grant while you also enjoy the town's charming architecture and seemingly endless supply of candy and antique shops.

And if you really can't live without a dose of Honest Abe, the state's most celebrated resident once gave a speech on the balcony of the DeSoto House Hotel. (If you're still not impressed, a scene from "Field of Dreams" was filmed down the street from the hotel.)

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