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A Presidential Getaway
Celebrate Presidents' Day with a Family Trip
Part One
By Patricia Clark
James Madison's Montpelier is particularly fun for holidays with kids and includes a Halloween haunted barn, horse shows, Constitution days, dog and sheep shows, and more. You can contact them at P.O. Box 67, Montpelier Station, Va., or by phone at 540-672-2728.
Kids can paper-quill and cook over an open hearth at James Monroe's Ash Lawn. It is located in Highland, Va. 804-293-9539.
John Quincy Adams' birthplace at 114 Franklin Street, Quincy, Mass., is also the site of a law office used by his father, John Adams. There are family events and lectures. 617-773-1177
Visit Andrew Johnson's home in Greeneville, Tenn. 423-638-3551.
Martin Van Buren's Lindenwald is a wonderful estate to visit. Your kids will love the fact that Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow featuring the Headless Horseman was penned here. It is located on Old Post Road in Kinderhook, N.Y.
William Henry Harrison's Berkeley Plantation is open at 12602 Harrison Landing Road, Charles City, Va. The phone number is 804-829-6018.
Not only is John Tyler's home, Sherwood Forest, open to the public, Tyler's descendants are still in residence and so is a ghost called the Gray Lady that they'll happily show you evidence of. You'll find this spooky destination at 14501 John Tyler Memorial Hwy. 804-829-5377
James Polk's Memorial and replicated buildings from the 400-acre farm where he was born are in Pineville, N.C. 704-889-7145