William Howard Taft National Historic Site

On the morning of November 29th, my fiancée and I went to William Howard Taft National Historic Site for our first stop on her birthday weekend. She knows I use to be a history major and US...

A beautiful tribute and tons of information about the 27th POTUS who served 1909-1913 and was the only person to serve not only as POTUS but also Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1921-1930)....

I am a self proclaimed presidential history "nerd". I've read a biography on each president in order (currently reading F.D.R.), and my bucket list includes visiting all their birth and burial...

William Howard Taft was our 27th president (1909- 1913) and later on (yes after his presidency, which also makes him the first US president to be a judge thereafter and also serve both positions)...

When I arrived at a small parking lot that's easy to miss, the visitor center was closed (for a staff lunch break, apparently), I headed up to the house, which was open. Multiple floors of fairly...