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James Monroe Birthplace Park & Museum, also known as James Monroe's Birthplace, is a historic archaeological site located near Oak Grove and Colonial Beach, Westmoreland County, Virginia. The site includes the ruins and a restoration of the Monroe Family Home and birthplace of U.S. Founding Father and President James Monroe , which were ...
The Theodore Roosevelt Association donated the birthplace to the National Park Service in 1963. As a National Historic Site, it was automatically listed on the National Register of Historic Places at its creation on October 15, 1966. It now serves as a museum dedicated to the life and contributions of the 26th president of the United States.
The Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site is a state-owned property in Lamar, Barton County, Missouri, maintained by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, preserving the 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story childhood home of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States. The future president was born here on May 8, 1884, in the ...
A Beaux-Arts neo-classical Memorial Building was designed by John Russell Pope for the birthplace site. On February 12, 1909, the centennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, the cornerstone was laid by President Theodore Roosevelt and the building was dedicated on November 9, 1911, by President William Howard Taft. [3]
Old Slater Mill, a historic district in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the first property listed in the National Register, on November 13, 1966 [1] George B. Hartzog Jr., director of the National Park Service from 1964 to 1972 [2] U.S. Secretary of the Interior Cecil Andrus, who removed the National Register from the jurisdiction of the National Park Service in 1978
The Babe Ruth Birthplace Foundation was formed to run the museum's operations. Ruth's widow, Claire, his two daughters, Dorothy and Julia, and his sister, Mamie (also born in 216 Emory Street), helped select and install exhibits for the museum. [1] In 1983, the museum became the official museum of the Baltimore Orioles.
Charles Dickens' Birthplace Museum [1] is a writer's house museum in Landport, Portsmouth, England [2] situated at the birthplace of the eminent English author Charles Dickens; [3] and as such played a prominent part [4] in the 2012 bicentennial celebrations. [5]
Walter Reed Birthplace; Riley Birthplace and Museum; Casa Natal de Luis Muñoz Rivera; Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site; Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site; House-Museum of Leopold and Mstislav Rostropovich; Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum