Thanksgiving at Berkeley happened before the Plymouth one, but we celebrate the Plymouth version. Taps was also written at Berkeley. Montpelier is the most peaceful place I have been to.
For part 2: the three lovely New York mansions: Lindenwald (Martin Van Buren); Sagamore Hill (Teddy Roosevelt - also his birthplace in NYC); and Hyde Park (FDR). There are also the two in Indiana: Grouseland in Vincennes, (W. H. Harrison) and the Benjamin Harrison home in Indianapolis. Just an FYI about John Tyler's family: his grandson Harrison Ruffin Tyler is still alive (as of 6/23)! Enjoyable video.
Thank you for watching and for your kind suggestions. All noted. It’s amazing to hear that we have a grandchild of one of the earliest presidents still with us!
I've been to Monticello and am impressed with Jeffersons stone coffin and tombstone. He was my favorite President and these homes need to be preserved indefinately. It's not to agree with the past, it's to learn from the past and respect the fact that they were part of a world which had a far more ancient past. Interpretation of the world and the rights for people is something that the world is ready for, for the technological discoveries which have been made to allow it to be a reality. Back in the founders time, they could have opted for a different economic system and things would have been completely different for many reasons, but we would not have learned the hard lessons which allow us to be most confident that I ways are preferred by human nature and superior to ancient authoritarianism in each of it's many forms. We know how to draft a constitution which protects the individual's rights and protects the rights of children to be innocent and graduate into the acquisition of more rights, and we understand that the economy which grows is the one which builds cities on the moon.
Thank you. Jefferson is also high on our list of favorite presidents/founding fathers. Quite a complex but very interesting character. Despite some of the founders’ “shortsightedness”, they did the best they knew of at the time, and left Americans a great foundation to build upon.
I have been to Monticello several times and learn something new every time. It was before they opened the upper level of the house to visitors. Jefferson fascinated me with his inventions and horticulture. People always want to judge people's flaws at the time than the contributions to what we have today because of them. If you look only at the bad, like owning slaves, you miss the good and the contributions to the country and the world through his knowledge and inventions. A person always learning can contribute much to the world.
@@reginafetty6374 Thomas Jefferson's philosophy advanced us to the point we are today, but he intentionally did not want to grant people more than life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We are all worth more, and our survival on Earth, and our ability to survive in the solar system, and avoid being burned a crisp by the Red Giant Sun requires rights to grow beyond these constraints. He didn't want to promise too much, but people need more to reach their full potential. If we were living according to our full potential, we wouldn't have the strife which is most common for most people on the planet. The government he created didn't have to respect the individual to the degree necessary to allow us to master the universe. I love him and don't blame him for this short coming because his manifest destiny was to secure a nation from sea to shining sea. The survival of the people of the world must go beyond our world. We need to make manifest our true destiny in the universe, and it is beyond the philosophy of the 18th century, we need to promote a destiny which will endure the test of time, and Thomas himself admitted that he did not expect his approach to stand the test of time.
@@bradleyadams4496 What more do we need besides life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? We have our life to pursue anything we could dream of and with the liberty, the freedom to pursue beyond our imagination. With liberty it didn't restrict us of anything we wanted to accomplish. Today the government is so big and corporation that buy politicians causing them to restrict us from our freedoms we originally had when this country began (excluding slaves that were sold to the Americas) our dreams are squashed by big business and regulations to bury the innovators and small businesses. Some regulations are good to protect the earth, water and air and human life. The power of the fossil fuel companies especially big oil has destroyed much of the innovation to keep them from losing money. They have forced patent sales or the patent owners suddenly ended up dead because the innovations would have ruined them. The government shouldn't promise anything but safety and security for their citizens and it was good that he didn't make promises that in decades, centuries to come those promises may not be obtainable. In the 1700 and 1800s they probably had no dream of the world we have today. Of course the dreams we had back in the 1960's of traveling through space seems to have been squashed to what it could have been. By 2000 we shouldn't have needed roads and bridges except walking bridges. We should have had flying cars Look how long we have had helicopters and airplanes and no one could make a flying car? Maybe because it would have to be flown without fossil fuel? The power grid is so obsolete and they like to force people to not be able to produce their own power but be part of the grid because of the power of the utility companies paying legislators. Where is our liberty and pursuit of happiness there that we have to do what the oligarchs say?In our state you can't legally have solar panels to run your house unless you go through the power company and the panels are shut off during power outages. What is the purpose and where does our liberty and pursuit of happiness of not having to pay bills and keep our utilities on to not lose food because of no power? Jefferson was correct to not make promises and to give us those three rights which are screwed with by government every day because of their interpretation of those rights.
Same here! was in the state for the Summer Bristol Nascar Race and decided to do a week of touring the State.. wasn't even planning on doing anything historical, Saw the house and remembered it from an old Victoria magazine! saw the "yellow sun room", but the tour was what told me i made the right decision.. the race was good, but i recomend going off the beaten path sometimes... you Never know what treasures you'll find!
I took a father daughter trip to DC and then toured Mt Vernon. Yes I understand there was slavery at the estate. What few people realize is the interior of the home was not all that much better than the slave quarters. Yeah it had painted wood trim, windows and wood floors. The slave quarters had brick floors and no fancy trim. Both the President and the slaves both basically slept on a rope bed. Heat for both were open hearth fireplaces. Other than being held as slaves, they had a high standard of living on the estate, IMO. Working on the estate should be considered as a fair trade for the food and lodging provided. Mt Vernon’s slaves were treated well and even educated. They were a valuable asset to the estate as a whole. I may of not liked being owned, but I could easily see myself living comfortably on the estate.
I’ve been to a lot of these. Monticello is extremely interesting because Jefferson was a genius who had many unique ideas. But, it’s not a house I’d find livable. Mount Vernon is nice, but has a straggly floor plan. Sherwood Forrest is very nice, though I don’t buy into the ghost stories, of all the Presidential homes my family toured Wheatland is my favorite.it has a beautiful staircase and lovely floor plan. It’s the one I would choose to live in.
I’m not sure why so much time was spent on some tinier presidential homes such as #3. Why so many in Virginia. I think you need to do another video. Of the three presidential homes and the First Lady museum and home of a former First Lady in Ohio, they are all much more grand than some in this video. Let’s see Spiegel Grove in Fremont, Ohio, the Garfield home in Mentor, Ohio, the Harding home and the Ida Saxton McKinley First Lady home in Canton, OH. OH is also home to 8 presidents.
Beautiful homes but the thought of visiting them and seeing the slaves quarters sickens my stomach. I'll take a hard pass in visiting any plantation. However I did get the chance to visit the Vanderbilt mansion in North Carolina. It was HUGE and so was the ticket price of admission!!! LOL😂😂😂
History is not there for you to like or dislike. It’s there for you to learn from. If it offends you even better, because you are less likely to repeat it.
@tomhulbert2784 that sounds good but when large parts of it omitted from the educational systems how can one learn? Explain to me "less likely to repeat it pertaining to my disgust of slavery"? I'm offended by the institution so what am I less likely to repeat? 🤔🤔🤔
You can’t judge history by today’s standards
True Dat!
This list should definitely include Hyde Park, FDR's home in New York.
Will have to make a pt 2 eventually.
just googled pic of the house nice place
I would love to see Monticello.
Peacefield and Wheatland are gorgeous homes. I could see myself living in them because they appear more home than historic mansions.
Thanksgiving at Berkeley happened before the Plymouth one, but we celebrate the Plymouth version. Taps was also written at Berkeley. Montpelier is the most peaceful place I have been to.
Let's do the Roosevelt family's homes soon.
For part 2: the three lovely New York mansions: Lindenwald (Martin Van Buren); Sagamore Hill (Teddy Roosevelt - also his birthplace in NYC); and Hyde Park (FDR). There are also the two in Indiana: Grouseland in Vincennes, (W. H. Harrison) and the Benjamin Harrison home in Indianapolis. Just an FYI about John Tyler's family: his grandson Harrison Ruffin Tyler is still alive (as of 6/23)! Enjoyable video.
Thank you for watching and for your kind suggestions. All noted. It’s amazing to hear that we have a grandchild of one of the earliest presidents still with us!
@@schmancy2978 John Tyler was 63 when his son Lyon was born. Lyon, in turn, was 75 when his son Harrison Ruffin Tyler was born in 1928!
i was going to ask about Hyde Park. thanks
Woodrow Wilson’s boyhood house in Augusta, Georgia is also a museum.
I would love to see James Monroe’s Highland.
I’ve been to Mount Vernon.
I would love to see Montpellier.
Lovely homes. Thanks for the tour.
Thanks for watching!
I've been to Monticello and am impressed with Jeffersons stone coffin and tombstone. He was my favorite President and these homes need to be preserved indefinately. It's not to agree with the past, it's to learn from the past and respect the fact that they were part of a world which had a far more ancient past. Interpretation of the world and the rights for people is something that the world is ready for, for the technological discoveries which have been made to allow it to be a reality. Back in the founders time, they could have opted for a different economic system and things would have been completely different for many reasons, but we would not have learned the hard lessons which allow us to be most confident that I ways are preferred by human nature and superior to ancient authoritarianism in each of it's many forms. We know how to draft a constitution which protects the individual's rights and protects the rights of children to be innocent and graduate into the acquisition of more rights, and we understand that the economy which grows is the one which builds cities on the moon.
Thank you. Jefferson is also high on our list of favorite presidents/founding fathers. Quite a complex but very interesting character. Despite some of the founders’ “shortsightedness”, they did the best they knew of at the time, and left Americans a great foundation to build upon.
I have been to Monticello several times and learn something new every time. It was before they opened the upper level of the house to visitors. Jefferson fascinated me with his inventions and horticulture. People always want to judge people's flaws at the time than the contributions to what we have today because of them. If you look only at the bad, like owning slaves, you miss the good and the contributions to the country and the world through his knowledge and inventions. A person always learning can contribute much to the world.
@@reginafetty6374 Thomas Jefferson's philosophy advanced us to the point we are today, but he intentionally did not want to grant people more than life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We are all worth more, and our survival on Earth, and our ability to survive in the solar system, and avoid being burned a crisp by the Red Giant Sun requires rights to grow beyond these constraints. He didn't want to promise too much, but people need more to reach their full potential. If we were living according to our full potential, we wouldn't have the strife which is most common for most people on the planet. The government he created didn't have to respect the individual to the degree necessary to allow us to master the universe. I love him and don't blame him for this short coming because his manifest destiny was to secure a nation from sea to shining sea. The survival of the people of the world must go beyond our world. We need to make manifest our true destiny in the universe, and it is beyond the philosophy of the 18th century, we need to promote a destiny which will endure the test of time, and Thomas himself admitted that he did not expect his approach to stand the test of time.
@@bradleyadams4496 What more do we need besides life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? We have our life to pursue anything we could dream of and with the liberty, the freedom to pursue beyond our imagination. With liberty it didn't restrict us of anything we wanted to accomplish. Today the government is so big and corporation that buy politicians causing them to restrict us from our freedoms we originally had when this country began (excluding slaves that were sold to the Americas) our dreams are squashed by big business and regulations to bury the innovators and small businesses. Some regulations are good to protect the earth, water and air and human life. The power of the fossil fuel companies especially big oil has destroyed much of the innovation to keep them from losing money. They have forced patent sales or the patent owners suddenly ended up dead because the innovations would have ruined them.
The government shouldn't promise anything but safety and security for their citizens and it was good that he didn't make promises that in decades, centuries to come those promises may not be obtainable. In the 1700 and 1800s they probably had no dream of the world we have today. Of course the dreams we had back in the 1960's of traveling through space seems to have been squashed to what it could have been.
By 2000 we shouldn't have needed roads and bridges except walking bridges. We should have had flying cars Look how long we have had helicopters and airplanes and no one could make a flying car? Maybe because it would have to be flown without fossil fuel? The power grid is so obsolete and they like to force people to not be able to produce their own power but be part of the grid because of the power of the utility companies paying legislators. Where is our liberty and pursuit of happiness there that we have to do what the oligarchs say?In our state you can't legally have solar panels to run your house unless you go through the power company and the panels are shut off during power outages. What is the purpose and where does our liberty and pursuit of happiness of not having to pay bills and keep our utilities on to not lose food because of no power? Jefferson was correct to not make promises and to give us those three rights which are screwed with by government every day because of their interpretation of those rights.
Where is Springwood ("Hyde Park") [FDR] or Oyster Bay--Theodore Roosevelt's home? Far grander than Wilson's place.
welcome back, Schmancy
Cool Video
1)Mount Vernon.
2)Monticello.
3)Highland.
4) Montpelier.
5)Berkeley Plantation.
6)Sherwood Forest Plantation.
7)Peace Field.
8)The Hermitage.
9)Woodrow Wilson House.
10)Wheatland.
For Part II: The Eisenhower birthplace in Abilene, KS, also the others mentioned in comments (NY state)
I’ve only been to one on this list - Andrew Jackson’s house. The hermitage is beautiful
Same here! was in the state for the Summer Bristol Nascar Race and decided to do a week of touring the State.. wasn't even planning on doing anything historical, Saw the house and remembered it from an old Victoria magazine! saw the "yellow sun room", but the tour was what told me i made the right decision.. the race was good, but i recomend going off the beaten path sometimes... you Never know what treasures you'll find!
I took a father daughter trip to DC and then toured Mt Vernon. Yes I understand there was slavery at the estate. What few people realize is the interior of the home was not all that much better than the slave quarters. Yeah it had painted wood trim, windows and wood floors. The slave quarters had brick floors and no fancy trim. Both the President and the slaves both basically slept on a rope bed. Heat for both were open hearth fireplaces. Other than being held as slaves, they had a high standard of living on the estate, IMO. Working on the estate should be considered as a fair trade for the food and lodging provided. Mt Vernon’s slaves were treated well and even educated. They were a valuable asset to the estate as a whole. I may of not liked being owned, but I could easily see myself living comfortably on the estate.
I remembered Mt Vernon in spring 1979.
Nothing more American than to feature a narrator with a British accent 😂
😂😂😂
I’ve been to a lot of these. Monticello is extremely interesting because Jefferson was a genius who had many unique ideas. But, it’s not a house I’d find livable. Mount Vernon is nice, but has a straggly floor plan. Sherwood Forrest is very nice, though I don’t buy into the ghost stories, of all the Presidential homes my family toured Wheatland is my favorite.it has a beautiful staircase and lovely floor plan. It’s the one I would choose to live in.
Thanks for sharing!
Peacefield & Monticello.
It's sad....was born and raised in Lancaster, but never went to the Wheatland. Definitely and L for me on the one.
What about the Delta region of Mississippi.
I’m not sure why so much time was spent on some tinier presidential homes such as #3. Why so many in Virginia. I think you need to do another video. Of the three presidential homes and the First Lady museum and home of a former First Lady in Ohio, they are all much more grand than some in this video. Let’s see Spiegel Grove in Fremont, Ohio, the Garfield home in Mentor, Ohio, the Harding home and the Ida Saxton McKinley First Lady home in Canton, OH. OH is also home to 8 presidents.
Think you missed the part where we mentioned a part 2. Thanks for watching!
@@schmancy2978 I definitely must have missed that. Glad there will be a Part 2! Looking forward to it. Maybe rename this from Top 10… to 10…
I have lived in Virginia my whole life and have never been to any of the presidential homes.
It’s never too late to catch up. Thanks for watching!
How is it we hear the loudest yelps for liberty from the drivers of slaves?-Samuel Johnson.
Woodrow Wilson...eeeewwwwww
STYLE...COLONIAL AMERICAN....REGENCY.....GEORGIAN. 2023. 👌🇺🇸👌
Mont Is Ello
Unfortunately they lost free labor!!
1st!!!😂
Beautiful homes but the thought of visiting them and seeing the slaves quarters sickens my stomach. I'll take a hard pass in visiting any plantation. However I did get the chance to visit the Vanderbilt mansion in North Carolina. It was HUGE and so was the ticket price of admission!!! LOL😂😂😂
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experience.
History is not there for you to like or dislike. It’s there for you to learn from. If it offends you even better, because you are less likely to repeat it.
@tomhulbert2784 that sounds good but when large parts of it omitted from the educational systems how can one learn? Explain to me "less likely to repeat it pertaining to my disgust of slavery"? I'm offended by the institution so what am I less likely to repeat? 🤔🤔🤔
What wasn't built by slaves in those days? Wasn't America built by slaves?