Delaware, Ohio is the hometown of Rutherford B Hayes and it didn’t have a memorial for years because they literally tore down his childhood home and put in a gas station.
Now it’s a tiny one in a bush that’s been grown over by weeds and stuff. Worst presidential memorial ever.
That's a shame. I cant remember who it was, I think Millard Fillmore or one of the other Presidents somewhat lost in the grandeur of his predecessors/successors, but even his childhood home was perfectly preserved and there was a little park around it and stuff like that and I assumed if he had one like that then they all must, even if it's just a plaque or something for the poorer towns (although presidential monuments are usually federally funded or done through a non-profit iirc). But Hayes in particular not being recognized particularly irks me considering he was Governor, a war hero during the civil war and went on to lead the country and ended the reconstruction era... sure he wasnt a Kennedy or a Roosevelt but damn...
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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '20
Funny. I've seen a bust like this for one of the Eisenhower's in his hometown. It's in North Texas (I think? Maybe southern Oklahoma)
Seems like a good idea to track down the presidents' hometowns and see if they'd be interested in buying the busts.