Great Lakes Trip 2019 Day 6

Entrance sign (Do they look like Ninja Turtles to you?)

Hall of Fame Stadium is located behind the museum.

The classic angle – the original entrance to the museum.

Check out the yellow power line poles on both sides of the road!

Fredericksburg OH is deep in the heart of Ohio Amish country. Even though it was raining when we drove through, the countryside was beautiful!

This is the third Fredericksburg I have been to.

Like I said, Fredericksburg is in the heart of Ohio Amish Country. This is the parking lot at the market/laundromat in downtown Fredericksburg!

While we were waiting for the red light to change…

Guggisberg Cheese Company in Millersburg OH. They produce the 2019 Grand Champion Baby Swiss Cheese! Very much looking like a Swiss Chalet, they even sell cuckoo clocks!

This one can be yours for $1600! All of the cuckoo clocks they have here were built in the Black Forest in Germany. Zoom in to see the incredible beauty in the detail work.

Driving down the road and saw some goats walking around on a roof.

This was the home of Warren Harding, 29th president of the United States. Harding won the election of 1920, which was the first presidential election after women were eligible to vote, formalized in the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. He conducted a “front porch” campaign in 1920. President Harding died of a heart attack in 1923 after only two years in office. This house and the Warren Harding Presidential Museum are undergoing an extreme makeover, so this was just a photo stop. The site is due to reopen in 2020, to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Harding’s election to the presidency.

Before becoming president, Harding had owned a newspaper which made him wealthy. He served in state offices as well as the US Senate prior to 1920. On a personal level, Harding was known/rumored to have had some affairs, including one long-term relationship. First Lady Florence Harding remained with the president until he died, and she died only a year later, in 1924.

President Harding Memorial

I was surprised how large this memorial is.

Graves of President Warren and First Lady Florence Harding

This is the location of the home of President Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th president of the United States.

“Spiegel Grove”

Hayes’ uncle built this house in the mid-1800s and essentially gave it to Rutherford. It was 4000 sf until after Hayes’ presidency, when he added on to a total of 21,000 sf with 31 rooms! Photography is not allowed inside the home. Too bad, because it is exquisite. Very large rooms, 12 ft high ceilings, incredible furnishings, almost all of them belonged to the Hayes family. The family took great care to preserve all of the possessions.

The graves of President Rutherford and First Lady Lucy Hayes

The Museum

President Hayes lost the popular vote in 1876, but he won the Electoral College – by only 1 vote! There was much controversy about the split decision, but we elect our presidents through the Electoral College, not popular vote. President George W. Bush won the Electoral College in 2000 while losing the popular vote – the first such incidence since 1876.