Th e Stat e s m a n
September - December 2018
meet the future
PRESIDENTS
A P U B L I CAT I O N O F T H E B E N J A M I N H A R R I S O N P R E S I D E N T I A L S I T E
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Andrea Neal, Chair Carolyn E. Anker, Vice Chair
Susan Bradford, Treasurer Howard J. Lacy IV, Secretary
Michael W. Wells, at large James Wallis, Past Chair
Robert Altice Teresa Bennett Mariama Carson Rosemary Dorsa Thomas P. Ewbank Brian Hewitt Eric J. Holcomb Donna Oklak Peter Rusthoven Ed Simcox Morgan Snyder Nikki Woodson
HONORARY DIRECTORS Eugene M. Busche George Geib Stan Hurt Thomas King Boris Meditch James Morris Susanne Ridlen ADVISORY CABINET
EX-OFFICIO Martha Buehner PRESIDENT & CEO Charles A. Hyde
William Browne Daniel F. Evans Robert H. Everitt Jamia Jasper Jacobsen J. Scott Keller James Kirsch John L. Krauss Kimball Harrison Morsman David Sease
STAFF CHARLES A . HYDE President & CEO
MARGARET SALLEE Director of Operations
JENNIFER CAPPS VP of Curatorship & Exhibition
BETHANY GOSEWEHR VP of Development
ROGER HARDIG VP of Education
DAVID PLEISS Director of Learning Resources
DELIA ROBERTSON Special Events & Marketing Manager
JULIO ZAPEDA Facilities Manager
GARY LARREATGUI Weekend Super visor
LUKAS RAMEY Volunteer & Experience Manager
Special thanks to the more than 150 volunteers who make our work possible!
“Building High”
From the President
As a Presidential Site CEO, I work with people of local, national, and even international repute. But adjacent on this page you’ll read remarks from someone I’m just as honored to have met, Maggie Sears. Who is Ms. Sears? I think you’ll find her no less impressive an individual, albeit much earlier in her career. She is but one of 20 students selected for our 2017 Future Presidents of America initiative—a cohort of impressive young leaders. With the benefit of a year’s perspective, we recently asked Ms. Sears to reflect on her experiences here. To the right is her response.
F R O M A F UTU R E PR E S I D E N T
In this issue, we’re also proud to introduce the 21 remarkable young leaders from the 2018 class. What distinguishes them all is their intensive interest in learning and focus on self-improvement.
“Looking back it is almost inconceivable to think that my summer could have passed without being a part of FPA, because it has been, in all seriousness, life Benjamin Harrison once asserted, “I am a thorough changing. Within my first hour believer in the American test of character. The of the class, I was enamored. rule must be applied to a man’s own life when his stature is taken. He will not build high who Enamored by the passion for policy does not build for himself.” I can attest that Ms. circulating in the atmosphere. Sears and our Future Presidents are preparing to Enamored by the dedication the build high for themselves and for our faculty of the Harrison Home community. “...What had for preserving, protecting, and passing on history. is often Because of your support, in the past year Ms. Sears has had the forgotten is that Enamored by the surfeit of speakers expanding my opportunity to greet statewide one day those and national political figures, understanding of my own to interact with some of our community and country. brilliant minds community’s most esteemed will be the ones But most impactfully, leaders, and to help present enamored by the other the Advancing American running our young and brilliant minds Democracy Award to public who, just like me, possesed country...” media legends Lloyd Wright and a vigor for scholarship. In a Paula Kerger. While exceptional generation where school cafeterias opportunities, opportunities like these echo talk of the Kardashians before are the norms for our Future Presidents. congress, Access Hollywood before It is our goal—across all aspects of our work here— awareness, Future Presidents of to pass that great test of character as American America stands firm as a sanctuary citizens. And we are advancing a vision to increase for young and able aptitude. our own stature to become recognized as the Because what is often forgotten most innovative, impactful, and civically-engaged is that one day those brilliant Presidential Site in the country. Thank you for minds will be the ones running helping us help the Future Presidents, and the our country...making important 18,000 other school children we serve each year, to build high. Greater things are yet to come—for decisions, and Future Presidents of each of them, and for us all together. America prepares them to do just that.” Very sincerely yours, __Maggie Sears Class of 2017, Future Presidents of America
Charles A. Hyde, President & CEO
Photo: Future President of America Maggie Sears greets Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch at the Presidential Site.
Front cover: 2018 class of Future Presidents of America at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Plan Your Visit
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COFFEE WITH THE CURATOR
First Friday of Each Month Free for members & guests
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Join us for a stimulating 30 minutes at our monthly First Friday event! While you enjoy coffee and donuts, you will get a chance to explore some of the most interesting, amazing and unexpected Presidential Site collection items. We promise to satisfy your curiosity and have you on your way to the office by 9am sharp! Upcoming themes include:
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September 7 October 5 November 2 December 7
Old Whiskers Escapes…from the Collection! Monumental Literature Giving Thanks A Christmas Surprise! December’s program is the 50th Coffee with the Curator, and in recognition of this special occasion our VP of Curatorship & Exhibition, Jennifer Capps, has hand-selected two of her favorite things from the collection, and will “unwrap” them for your viewing pleasure and enlightenment.
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Harrison Still in the News
. WFYI Nearly 100 Citizens Naturalized On Eve Of July Fourth On July 3, Cora Butrum wrote about 96 new citizens (from 40 countries) naturalized on the lawn of the Presidential Site. A quote by Judge Sarah Evans Barker about the symbolic nature of having everyone “under one tent” was included. Fifty-year resident and newly naturalized citizen Tania Stultz reflected, “They understand that we’re just humans, we just want to be people together and have a good life for our families and kids.”
. WISH TV Audience gets involved, helps decide outcome of new play
Old Whiskers Escapes!
On July 17, Joe Melillo reviewed the Candlelight Theatre production “The Trial of Nancy Clem.” He stated “If you’re a fan of true crime, a new play might just be for you, with a chance to even get involved.” The article summarized the history behind the first Indiana woman charged with murder, and the prosecutor, attorney Benjamin Harrison. Donna Wing was quoted as saying “Nancy Clem represented a different type of woman in 1868. She was not a housewife. She was a mother but that wasn’t her role, she was a money lender and I believe this role, in this powerful position typically held by men, put her in a light that already contributed to biases against her A T during her trials.”
Old Whis
Escape
RU E W HITE HOU
By Donna Griffin | Illustrated by Gar
Griffin | Varvel
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IndyStar cartoonist Gary Varvel illustrates Benjamin Harrison book On July 3, Sarah Bahr wrote:
A Grandpa President Adventure
“A bubblegum-cheeked baby on a cart hitched to a big-eyed billy goat is tumbling toward a GREAT BIG HOLE! outside the White House. President Benjamin Harrison’s spidey senses start tingling. He plunges after his grandson’s runaway goat cart.
clock struck 2, Baby “. . .For an instant they were neck and neck, but finally glee. It wasthe timePresident for the gave a spurt and, by a brilliant coup, e on the White House caught the bridle of the fleet-footed billy goat just before the excavation was reached,” the Brooklyn Daily Eagle eady. Old Whiskers
reported in 1898. re was Grandpa?
US $18.95
ISBN 978-0-9994570-0-9 The best part? This story5is true. That real-life adventure is 1895> the subject of a new children’s book illustrated by longtime Harrison Presidential Site Indianapolis Star cartoonist Gary Varvel. “Old Whiskers dentBenjaminHarrison.org Escapes!,” the first book in the “Grandpa President 9 780999 457009 Adventure” series published July 1, is a collaboration between Varvel, local author Donna Griffin and the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site in Indianapolis.”
Want your own copy? Old Whiskers Escapes! is now available in the Gift Shop.
Pathway to the Presidency: Ben Harrison the Scholar
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so you can use facts as the good mechanic uses tools.” He discouraged students f rom florid expression, preferring concise and factually based descriptions, which was influential as Ben developed his own style. He also discarded the harsh disciplinary style that was so characteristic of the era in favor of teaching his students “the art of Self-government.” This scholastic environment proved ideal for the future President. Bishop, a Presbyterian Minister, also required his students to write and deliver sermons, thus giving him his first experience in public speaking. The earliest letter of Ben that has been preserved was his farewell to Dr. Bishop.
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Also at Farmer’s College, he became acquainted with John Witherspoon Scott, who instructed him in chemistry and physics. As it turned out, the most significant chemistry that Ben experienced was in the relationship he developed with Scott’s daughter Caroline. Young Harrison became a frequent guest at the Scott residence, and was devastated when the family moved to Oxford, Ohio in 1849 where Scott founded the Oxford Female Academy.
enjamin Harrison owed his success in life to a number of things, none of them surprising: family, education and hard work. He had parents who not only loved him, but also John Scott had hoped to send his strongly believed in the value of son Ben to an East Coast College, an advanced education. Ben but financial distress would “Education (as he was known to family not allow this. He was forced and friends) was tutored at is getting to fall back on “Plan B” – so home starting at an early age. His father John Scott possession of your at the age of 17, Harrison Miami University. Harrison decided early mind, so you can entered Despite its frontier on that Ben and his older use facts as the location, Miami could be brother Irwin should get compared favorably with to attend both secondary good mechanic any US college of its era. It school as well as college. uses tools.” proudly called itself “The Yale This despite the fact that John of the West.” Not the least of Scott was far from wealthy – as Miami’s attractions, from Ben’s he wrote to a friend, “Sending the boys to [school] consumed all my ready perspective, was the fact that it was capital.” But he felt that the chance for located in Oxford, Ohio, which restored Ben and Irwin to attend Farmers College him to the proximity of the Scott family. in Walnut Hills, Ohio was worth the Despite the personal stress in his life financial sacrifice. (including the death of his mother Farmers’ College, established in 1846, Elizabeth and an infant brother) Ben proved a fortunate choice. The young flourished in the demanding yet Harrison found a mentor in Dr. Robert rewarding academic environment. He Bishop, who instructed him in history was graduated from Miami on June 24, and economics. Dr. Bishop was in his 1852. His education now completed, it seventies, but formed a close bond with was his imperative task to decide upon Ben. His philosophy was “Education a career. Having been raised in the is getting possession of your mind, Presbyterian Church, he contemplated Photo inset: Benjamin Harrison as Miami University student.
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becoming a man of the cloth. However, Alexander: he ultimately decided to pursue a law On the other hand I marry Carrie degree. In part, he felt compelled to now...the relief it would bring to help improve the poor reputation of the her anxious mind, and the greater legal profession by dedicating himself care which she could give to her to becoming an attorney who would bodily health, would I trust in great practice the highest ethical standards. measure restore her health. I should then have her long, to cheer me Harrison had the option of studying at when worn and desponding and Cincinnati College, the only law school watch my own health with her in Ohio, but chose instead to “read” for greater care. the law. By apprenticing himself to an established law firm, Harrison would be eligible to join the bar in just two years. John Alexander responded, Harrison apprenticed under Bellamy Storer, a former Ohio Congressman and Only Ben, remember that this world close f riend of his father who headed an is not your f riend, it is your enemy influential Cincinnati legal practice. and...it requires hard labor to defend yourself...Love is powerful as an incentive, but will it pass current for potatoes and beef? Coffee and muffins for two are not paid for by affection existing between the “two.” Hard cash buys! Where will it come f rom?
Photo: Miami University in the 1860s
But Ben decided that matrimony must occur sooner rather than later, and the date was set for October 20, 1853. Dr. Scott performed the ceremony in the family home. Ben was going against the grain of his era, which held that a young man ought to be well-established in his career before taking a wife. But such was his self-confidence – and such was Caroline’s belief in him – that they took the risk.
Ben stayed with his married sister Betsey Eaton during his apprenticeship. Over the next two years, he came to dislike Cincinnati, partly due to the unrelenting toil of his internship, and partly f rom the squalor of the urban environment. He Early in 1854, Harrison was admitted to wrote to his sister Anna, the bar (the exact date is not known, not even to biographers). He knew he did I don’t think it would interest you not want to remain in Cincinnati. He very much. I do the same things gave serious thought to Chicago, but every day ... eat three meals . . . sleep instead chose Indianapolis. His cousin six hours and read dusty old books William Sheets encouraged the move, the rest of the time….. I suppose you claiming that the Circle City had a need have read about the Great Desert. for skilled attorneys: Well, my life is as about as barren of anything funny as the Great Desert Most of the members of the is of grass. [Indianapolis] Bar are moral, and some of them are pious men, but Ben also missed Caroline a great deal, none of them very talented. I think and had concerns over her health. She you and your good lady would be seemed to grow more anxious as they pleased with the society here. were parted, and Ben had concerns that this might have long-term effects on So in April 1854, the newly married her physical well-being. He discussed Harrisons began their first days as this issue with his close f riend John Hoosiers.
___Gary Larreatugui, Weekend Supervisor
Harrison in His Own Words
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FROM THE PRESIDENT’S “TRIP TO UNIFY” SPEECH (SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS) April 20, 18
“In the Stat e in which I dwell everybody’s children a ttend the common s chools. This lesson of equality, the perfect system which has b een develop ed by this method of instruct ion, is training a valued c lass of citizens to take up the responsibili ties of gove rnment when we sha ll lay them down.” [Applause.] DID YOU KNOW?
FRONT:
A 19-year-old graduate of Oxford Institute when she married Benjamin Harrison in 1853, Caroline became more than a faithful wife and mother of 39 years. She was a community leader and a f irst lady of distinction. Her story is outlined in an off icial State of Indiana historical REVERSE: marker that was unveiled last year at the Presidential Site. Special thanks to the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site Volunteer Association for making this marker possible through their generous support.
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A Moment in Time
In 1852...
1 9 -year- old Benjamin H a rri s o n g ra d u a te s f ro m M i a m i U n i ve rs i ty o n J u n e 24 , an d prepares to st u d y l aw i n C i n c i n n a t i . At t h e s a m e t i m e , t h e s e o t h e r “ future presidents� we re h a rd a t wo rk :
At age 9, future president William McKinley moves to Poland, Ohio with his Methodist family so that he and his six siblings can attend better schools (pictured here as a teenager). At age 14, future presidential candidate Victoria (Woodhull) Claflin flees from abusive parents, and is married the following year to Dr. Channing Woodhull (pictured here in her twenties). At age 15, future president Stephen Grover Cleveland moves with his family to Holland Patent, New York, and his father dies of an ulcer within the year (pictured in his twenties). At age 21, future president James Abram Garfield becomes a janitor at Western Reserve Eclectic Institute where he studies Greek and Latin. He will soon be hired to teach. Future president Chester Alan Arthur, age 23, moves to Cohoes, New York, becoming principal of the school at which his sister teaches. He will study law the following year. Future president Rutherford B. Hayes, age 30, marries Lucy Webb, age 21, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
I n a d d i t i o n to r e c e i v i n g co r e i n st r u c t i o n o n leadership and civic pa rt i c i pat i o n , t h e 2 0 1 8 Fu t u r e P r e s i d e n t s r e f i n e d t h e i r k n ow l e d g e o f c i v i l i n t e r ac t i o n , i n c lu d i n g p h ys i ca l b e a r i n g , p u b l i c s p e a k i n g a n d ta b l e etiquette.
Meet the Future Presidents of America
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We were at full capacity for the 2018 Future Presidents of America youth leadership program, a fun and innovative one-week summer event for smart, engaged young adults that builds individual conf idence, civic literacy and good citizenship. The June program included interactive sessions, conversations with preeminent civic leaders and statesmen, up-close experiences with historic artifacts and thought-provoking discussions!
Alicia Stevance MSD Perry Township
C. Braeden Clark Homeschool. Springfield, OH
DeJanae Harges IPS
Alison Geralds Beech Grove Schools
Camille Dobbs Pike Township
Andrew James Wilson St. Richards School
Victoria Vance Hamilton Southeastern Jr. High
Isaiah Allender New Augusta N. Middle School
Gavin Lindsay Eastwood Middle School
Hayden Bosch St. Richards School
Kyla Lathrop Herron High School
Justin Bostick MSD Warren Township
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Kennedy Boler MSD Washington Township
Isaac Brown Avon Middle School South
Naomi Islas Wayne Township
Mitchell Finley Carmel High School
Tatiana Avila MSD Lawrence Township
Olivia Simon Avon High School
Rachel Matthews Speedway Schools
Terryn Green Hamilton Southeastern Jr. High
Elias Khoury Franklin Township
Th ese youn g lea d e rs we re s p e c i a l l y s e l e c te d a s “ S u p e ri n te n d e n t ’s Sch olars” by th e Supe ri n te n d e n t s o f t h e e l eve n d i s t ri c t s i n M a ri o n Co u n ty. We are ver y excited to we l co m e s o m e o f t h e b e s t a n d b ri g h te s t s t u d e n t s t hat our community h a s to o f fe r !
APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR 2019 You can apply for 201 9 Fu t u re Pre s i d e n t s o f A m e ri c a Yo u t h Lea d e rs h i p Program , Jun e 24 th—2 8 t h ! L i mited to 20 youn g l ea d e rs ( a g e s 1 2 to 1 6 ) , t h i s eve n t fo c u s e s o n t h e q ualities that make fo r g rea t p re s i d e n t s — ye s te rd ay, to d ay a n d to m o rrow. A ll selec ted par ticipant s re ce i ve f u l l s ch o l a rs h i p s ( $ 4 0 0 va l u e ) . R e g i s t ra t i o n i s n ow open, an d th e ea rl y a d m i s s i o n d ea d l i n e i s D e ce m b e r 2 n d , 201 8 . Q uestions? Please con t a c t VP o f Ed u c a t i o n , R o g e r H a rd i g , a t rhardig@bhpsite.org o r c a l l ( 3 1 7 ) 6 3 1 -1 8 8 8 . Th a n ks to t h e S u m m e r Yo uth Program Fun d an d Precisio n Rin gs In corporated for th eir pro g ra m s u p p o r t .
From the Collection
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HATC HET A steel comm em ora t i ve h a tch e t f ro m t h e U S S M o n te rey h a s a re d , white, an d blue silk ri b b o n t i e d i n b ow. S i l ve r p l a te d , on e s i d e h a s f i ve stars above “Mrs. B . H a rri s o n / A p ri l 2 8 - - 1 8 91 / M o n te rey ” a n d t h e ba ck side has an an ch or a b ove “ U. S . N .” T h e h a n d l e i s 1 2 ”. H ea d o f h a tch e t is 5 1/2” an d 2 11/ 16” w i d e . D o n a te d by S u s a n M c Ke e . BANDANA A red cotton ban da n a w i t h w h i te a n d b l a ck i m a g e s h a s ce n t ra l ea g l e with a fla g n ear th e to p. U n d e r i t a re i m a g e s o f G rove r C l eve l a n d a n d Allen G . Thurman i n ova l s w i t h “ T h e / U n i o n / fo r / Eve r ” i n b e twe e n . Four corn ers have s m a l l f l a g s t h a t s ay : “ Ta ri f f R e fo rm” a n d “ Fo r Revenue Only ” an d “ N o S u rp l u s ” a n d “ Low Ta xe s .” D o n a te d by D a n a n d Marilyn Evans. CAROLINE HARRISO N ’ S PR O P O S E D WH I T E H O U S E PL A N Han d colored print g l u e d to ba ck b oa rd , t h e p ri n t i s H : 1 4 9/ 1 6 ” W: 10 7/8”. Th e colors a re g re e n , b l u e , b l a ck , g ray, a n d re d w i t h s o m e gold on ea gles. At to p ce n te r a re t h e wo rd s “ Pre s i d e n t ’s Pa rk ,” a n d to th e left “Mrs. Ha rri s o n’s / S u g g e s t i o n fo r t h e / Ex te n s i o n o f t h e / Executive / Mansio n / D C .” I n t h e to p ri g h t a re t h e wo rd s “ G e n e ra l Plan / of Buildin gs a n d / G ro u n d s / S h ow i n g t h e / E nv i ro n m e n t / NW.” Pennsylvania an d Exe c u t i ve Ave n u e s a re m a rke d . I n d i c a te d b u i l d i n g s in clude President / ( 1 7 92 ) / M a n s i o n , U S Trea s u r y, a n d Wa r N avy S t a te . Drawin g sh ows Wh i te H o u s e i n t h e ce n te r w i t h p ro p o s e d a d d i t i o n s , groun ds , an d surro u n d i n g a rea . P u rch a s e m a d e p o s s i b l e i n pa r t through gen erous s u p p o r t o f J. S co tt Ke l l e r.
THANKS TO ALL OF OUR COLLECTION DONORS . HARRISON FAMILY HAT PINS & BUT TON HOOKS (Mrs. William H. Harrison) . 1889 INAUGURAL S O U VE N I R A N D PR O G R A M (Sandra Opdycke) . BENJAMIN HARRISON ORIGINAL WHITE HOUSE SPRING SEAT ROCKER (Peter K. Brandenburg c/o Barbara Heurich)
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Volunteer Spotlight
VOLUNTEER ANNUAL MEETING On July 19, th e Annua l Vo l u n te e r As s o c i a t i o n Meetin g was h eld. Th e Vo l u n te e r As s o c i a t i o n unanim ously voted i n i t s s l a te o f o f f i ce rs : Mar tha Buehn er as Pre s i d e n t, O re n Co o l ey a s Vice President, an d M i ke B a ck a s S e c re ta r y. Mar tha Buehn er has b e e n vo l u n te e ri n g w i t h t h e Presidential Site fo r m o re t h a n a d e c a d e , assistin g with ever y th i n g a n d h e l p i n g R o g e r Hardig, VP of Educa t i o n , w i t h t h e Fu t u re Presidents of Am erica s u m m e r p ro g ra m . Oren Cooley has been vo l u n te e ri n g w i t h t h e Presidential Site for n ea rl y 3 0 yea rs . As o n e o f our lon gest a c tive volu n te e rs , t h e re i s n o t h i n g Oren has n ot comple te d fo r t h e Pre s i d e n t i a l Site. Mike Ba ck , an d his w i fe S u e , h ave b e e n volunteerin g with th e Pre s i d e n t i a l S i te fo r t h e last 3 years. Mike , a l o n g w i t h M a r t h a a n d Oren, is willin g to un d e r t a ke a ny t h i n g fo r t h e betterm ent of th e Pre s i d e n t i a l S i te , i n cl u d i n g por trayin g Charles th e B u t l e r a t m a ny o f o u r L ive! historical reena c t m e n t eve n t s . Th e Volunteer Associa t i o n a l s o vo te d o n f u n d requests for th e Presid e n t i a l S i te . I n t h e pa s t , t h e Volunteer Associ a t i o n h a s h e l p e d f u n d t h e Carolin e Scott Ha rri s o n h i s to ri c a l m a rke r, t h e f ramin g of a Ca ro l i n e H a rri s o n s i g n e d DAR cer tif icate, an d t h e re pa i r o f a h i s to ri c gas light f ixture locate d o n t h e g ro u n d s . T h i s year, th e Volunteer As s o c i a t i o n g ra c i o u s l y voted to contribute to t h e re s to ra t i o n o f t h e Butler Pantr y ’s cabin e t d o o rs a n d m a te ri a l s for th e Volunteer Gard e n e rs . Special th anks to o u tg o i n g Vo l u n te e r President Robin Bank h e a d fo r h e r s e r v i ce .
IN MEMORIAM Ca ro l S a xo n , a 1 7-yea r ve te ra n vo l u n te e r, pa s s e d away u n ex p e c te d l y i n Au g u s t . Ca ro l wa s t h e ki n d o f p e rs o n yo u co u l d c a l l a t t h e l a s t m i n u te to cove r a ny t h i n g f ro m to u rs , to s ch o o l g ro u p s , to wo rki n g eve n t s . S h e wa s a wo n d e r f u l vo l u n te e r, g e n e ro u s a n d t h o u g h t f u l i n d i v i d u a l , a d e d i c a te d w i fe , m o t h e r, a n d g ra n d m o t h e r. Ca ro l i s s u r v i ve d by h e r h u s ba n d D o n , w h o h a s a l s o b e e n a n a c t i ve vo l u n te e r a t t h e Pre s i d e n t i a l S i te . S h e i s d ea rl y m i s s e d by t h e B e n j a m i n H a rri s o n Pre s i d e n t i a l S i te s t a f f a n d Vo l u n te e r Co rp s .
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FALL GRANT PARTNERS Th e Benjamin Harriso n Pre s i d e n t i a l S i te i s t h a n k f u l for th e suppor t of ou r f u n d e rs a n d pa r t n e rs . T h i s s umm er, th e Depar t m e n t o f N a t u ra l R e s o u rce s Historic Preser vatio n & A rch a e o l o g y Division awarded us a Historic Pre s e r va t i o n Fu n d m a tch i n g grant . Th ese fun ds allow us to co n d u c t a h i s to ri c s t r u c t u re s repor t so that Ben j a m i n H a rri s o n Pre s i d e n t i a l Site can shape future i nve s t m e n t i n o u r N a t i o n a l Historic L an dmark . Th e Pre s i d e n t i a l S i te’s s t a f f a n d l ea dership follow bes t p ra c t i ce i n t h e m a i n te n a n ce an d ca re of our n a t i o n a l l y- s i g n i f i c a n t h i s to ri c proper ty, but we are co m m i tte d to o b t a i n i n g a t h orough record of ex i s t i n g h i s to ri c a l re s ea rch a n d re s o u rce s a s we l l a s existin g con ditions is a n e ce s s a r y co m p o n e n t i n o u r d u e d i l i g e n ce o f c a re . We will use this repor t to eva l u a te a ny m a i n te n an ce n e e d s a n d t i m e f ra m e of wh en th ey will n ee d to b e a d d re s s e d . I n a d d i t i o n , t h e re p o r t w i l l a s s i s t us in annual mainten a n ce a n d d i l i g e n ce i n a d d re s s i n g i m m e d i a te i s s u e s . Th e historic struc ture re p o r t w i l l b e co m e t h e p ri m a r y g u i d e to t rea t m e n t an d use of this nation a l h i s to ri c l a n d m a rk . Thank you to all of ou r g e n e ro u s s u p p o r te rs fo r h e l p i n g u s to m a i n t a i n t h e h om e an d groun ds of A m e ri c a’s H o o s i e r Pre s i d e n t ! This project has been funded in part by a grant f rom the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Fund administered by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. The project received federal f inancial assistance for the identif ication, protection, and/or rehabilitation of historic properties and cultural resources in the State of Indiana. However, the contents and opinions contained in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of the Interior, nor does the mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the U.S. Department of the Interior prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or disability in its federally assisted programs. If you believe that you have been discriminated against in any program, activity, or facility as described above, or if you desire further information, please write to: Off ice of Equal Opportunity, National Park Service, 1849 C Street, NW, MS-2740, Washington, D.C. 20240.
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