The improvements were made possible by a fundraising campaign that exceeded expectations and generated $6.8 million from 535 donors, said Charlie Hyde, CEO of the presidential site.
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The original, signed reading copy of President Benjamin Harrison’s 1889 inaugural address—the same manuscript he held while delivering his speech at the U.S. Capitol—can be seen at his presidential site in Indianapolis.
Michael Smerconish plans to share what he believes to be the key to dropping the political tension this fall as part of the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site Speaker Series in Indianapolis.
The governing body for golf in Indiana plans to build the facility, which will be known as the Pete and Alice Dye Indiana Golf Center, on the grounds of The Fort Golf Resort at Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park.
The Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site is collecting the names and countries of people who were naturalized at the presidential site since 2003—more than 1,500 people—to list in what is officially being called the “Book of History.” But becuase privacy laws preclude the federal government from providing those names publicly, the site needs help tracking down the names.
Plans for the two-acre site, where the 23rd president lived before and after his time at the White House, include the addition of a new commons area and portico with a drop-off site for buses, as well as a promenade and a pathway connecting Pennsylvania and Delaware streets.
The Indianapolis museum at the home of the 23rd U.S. president is allowing consumers to print 3-D versions of its artifacts for free.
