President Dwight Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower lived on this farm in Gettysburg PA. He was our 34th president, serving 1953-1961. He was president when I was born. My mother watched his inauguration and parade in Washington DC.This was the landing pad for the presidential helicopter whenever Eisenhower would fly home from Washington.Gas pumps at the farm.Check out the gas price per gallon!The barn.Ike loved golf, so he had this putting green installed behind the house and barn.The red flag has 5 stars. Only 5-star generals were allowed to fly this flag.The barn.Front of the house. Eisenhower entertained world leaders here. Tours of the house were suspended due to COVID fear.The rear of the house. Ike loved sitting and entertaining in the sun room and looking out over the vast meadow.Guest house.Inside the guest house.
This is the big Peach Festival at Hollabaugh’s in Biglerville PA (a few miles north of Gettysburg PA). I have never seen so many different peach products!Live Irish music.Free samples!Peach pie and peach ice cream.Peach milkshake!Full peach trees.
Beautiful capitol. Interesting lime green colored dome.The rotunda.The first floor is covered in Moravian tile, with many scenes depicting Pennsylvania history.Senate chamber.House of Representatives chamber.Pennsylvania Supreme Court.Supreme Court room rotunda.Impressive doors.
Hershey’s Chocolate World is primarily for children – lots of activities and colors and candy! But we enjoyed it anyway.This is the only activity we did. It was fun, but definitely geared toward children.I took a picture of Hershey’s taking our picture!The curved roof building is Hershey Arena, where Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in an NBA game in 1962. It is the record for most points in an NBA game.
This is Wheatland, home of James Buchanan, our 15th president, who served 1857-1861. He has widely been considered our worst president, primarily due to his responses to the growing hostilities leading up to the Civil War.Rear of the house.Entrance foyer.Dining room.From Buchanan’s cellar, his own 1827 Red Seal Madeira. The label also reads: Per ship “Wanderer” from India Bottled 1832.The room from which he ran his 1856 presidential campaign.Portrait of Buchanan.Buchanan never married; he was our only bachelor president (Grover Cleveland was a bachelor when he became president, and he was married in the White House while president in 1886). Buchanan’s niece Harriet Lane served as Buchanan’s First Lady while he was president. Prior to his presidency Buchanan served as Minister to the Court of St. James in England. During this time, Harriet impressed Queen Victoria, and the two remained very good friends until the queen’s death in 1901. The two drawings on the wall in this room are autographed pictures of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.President Buchanan’s desk.Buchanan’s library.Buchanan’s bedroom. He died in this bed in 1868.In the Lancaster Museum, this was Buchanan’s desk.Buchanan’s limousine carriage.Statue of President Buchanan in Buchanan Park, a couple blocks away from Wheatland.Grave of President James Buchanan.
