In the grand scheme of things, there has been Michigander who shaped impacted the presidency more than any other. Even more ...

The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration” surveys the history of presidential memorialization, a complicated tale.

In 1862, Garfield was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives but did not resign his commission from the army and take his seat until President Lincoln, in need of allies in Congress, urged ...

During both of his campaigns, current President Donald J. Trump aggressively courted Christians, netting support from 48% of Protestants, including 72% of white evangelicals, and 52% of Catholics.

This president was born in a log cabin, and from humble beginnings became a Civil War general, a congressman, and a president. James Abram Garfield was also a born-again Christian, saved at age 18 ...

The president’s rejection enraged Guiteau, who somehow believed himself responsible for Garfield’s election. On July 2, 1881, Garfield was poised to escape Washington madness for a long vacation.

President James A. Garfield was not from Cincinnati. He was from Ohio, though – born in the former Orange Township in Cuyahoga County in 1831.

James A. Garfield National Historic Site The site preserves the property associated with the 20th President of the United States, James Abram Garfield, and includes the first presidential library ...

The assassination of President James A. Garfield at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station, Washington D.C., America on July 2, 1881, by Charles Julius Guiteau.

On the morning of July 2, 1881, a man wearing a black slouch hat and a tattered dark suit crept up behind President James Garfield at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad depot in Washington, D.C.

Presenter David Lintern will discuss, “James A. Garfield the Early Years.” Lintern has been an interpreter/tour guide and providing programs at the JAG National Historic Site since 2005.