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      • Alabama
        • Birmingham Civil Rights Historical Sites (Alabama)
        • Montgomery Civil Rights Historical Sites (Alabama)
        • US Space and Rocket Center (Alabama)
      • Arizona
        • Grand Canyon National Park (Arizona)
        • Petrified Forest National Park (Arizona)
      • California
        • California Road Trip
        • La Brea Tar Pits (Los Angeles)
        • San Francisco (California)
          • Alcatraz (San Francisco)
        • USS Midway Museum (California)
        • Whaley House at Old Town San Diego (California)
        • Yosemite National Park (California)
      • Georgia
        • Delta Flight Museum (Georgia)
        • Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park (Georgia)
      • Hawaii
        • Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)
      • Kentucky
        • Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park (Kentucky)
        • Mary Todd Lincoln House (Kentucky)
      • Louisiana
        • New Orleans, Louisiana
          • National WWII Museum (Louisiana)
      • Massachusetts
        • Adams National Historical Park (Massachusetts)
        • Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum (Massachusetts)
        • John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum (Massachusetts)
        • Plymouth, Massachusetts
      • New Mexico
        • Los Alamos (New Mexico)
      • New York
        • Morgan Library and Museum (New York)
        • New-York Historical Society Mini-Review
        • New York Public Library (New York)
        • Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site (New York)
      • North Carolina
        • Andrew Johnson’s birthplace and Bennett Place (Raleigh/Durham)
        • Asheville (North Carolina)
          • Biltmore (Asheville)
        • Guilford Courthouse National Military Park (North Carolina)
        • North Carolina Museum of History (Raleigh)
      • Pennsylvania
        • Gettysburg National Military Park (Pennsylvania)
        • James Buchanan’s Wheatland (Pennsylvania)
        • Lancaster, Pennsylvania
        • National Civil War Museum (Pennsylvania)
        • Philadelphia
          • Independence National Historical Park (Philadelphia)
          • Museum of the American Revolution (Philadelphia)
          • Valley Forge National Historical Park (Philadelphia)
      • South Carolina
        • Charleston, SC
          • Charleston, SC Museums
          • Fort Sumter (Charleston)
        • Kings Mountain National Military Park (South Carolina)
      • Tennessee
        • Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage (Tennessee)
        • National Civil Rights Museum (Memphis)
        • Parthenon (Tennessee)
        • President James K. Polk Home and Museum (Tennessee)
        • Tennessee State Museum
      • Texas
        • Fort Worth, Texas
        • George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum (Texas)
        • Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and Museum (Texas)
        • Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (Texas)
        • Waco Mammoth National Monument (Texas)
      • Virginia
        • Richmond (Virginia)
          • Agecroft Hall and Gardens (Richmond)
          • American Civil War Museum (Richmond)
          • Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia (Richmond)
          • English Homes in America
          • Henricus Historical Park (Richmond)
          • Historic Polegreen Church (Richmond)
          • Historic St. John’s Church (Richmond)
          • Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond)
          • Library of Virginia (Richmond)
          • Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site (Richmond)
          • Maymont (Richmond)
          • Poe Museum (Richmond)
          • Richmond Civil War Tour (Virginia)
          • Richmond National Battlefield Park (Virginia)
          • The Valentine (Richmond)
          • Tuckahoe Plantation (Richmond)
          • Virginia Capital Trail
          • Virginia Capitol (Richmond)
          • Virginia Holocaust Museum (Richmond)
          • Virginia Museum of History and Culture (Richmond)
          • Virginia War Memorial (Richmond)
          • Wilton House Museum (Richmond)
        • Appomattox Courthouse (Virginia)
        • Virginia Black History
        • Berkeley Plantation (Virginia)
        • Colonial Williamsburg (Virginia)
        • Edith Bolling Wilson Birthplace Museum (Virginia)
        • Farmville (Virginia)
        • First Landing State Park (Virginia)
        • Fort Monroe (Virginia)
        • Fredericksburg National Military Park (Virginia)
        • George Washington’s Ferry Farm (Virginia)
        • Highland (Virginia)
        • Historic Westover (Virginia)
        • James Madison Museum (Virginia)
        • James Monroe Museum (Virginia)
        • Jamestown (Virginia)
        • Last week of the Civil War (Virginia)
        • Lucy Burns Museum (Virginia)
        • Monticello (Virginia)
        • Montpelier (Virginia)
        • Mount Vernon (Virginia)
        • National Air and Space Museum – Udvar-Hazy Center
        • National D-Day Memorial (Virginia)
        • National Museum of the Marine Corps (Virginia)
        • National Museum of the United States Army (Virginia)
        • Outdoor Virginia Presidential Sites (Virginia)
        • Pamplin Historical Park (Virginia)
        • Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown (Virginia)
        • Petersburg National Battlefield (Virginia)
        • Presidential sites on Virginia’s Northern Neck
        • Robert Russa Moton Museum (Virginia)
        • Sherwood Forest (Virginia)
        • Shirley Plantation (Virginia)
        • Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest (Virginia)
        • Virginia Presidential Sites Road Trip 
        • Virginia Road Trip
        • Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum (Virginia)
        • Yorktown (Virginia)
      • Washington, DC
        • Washington, DC Five Day Itinerary
        • DAR Library and Museum (Washington, DC)
        • Ford’s Theatre (Washington, DC)
        • Lincoln’s Cottage (Washington, DC)
        • National Archives Museum (Washington, DC)
        • National Mall Monuments and Memorials(Washington, DC)
        • Smithsonian Museums along the National Mall (Washington, DC)
        • Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (Washington, DC)
        • Smithsonian National Museum of American History (Washington, DC)
        • National Portrait Gallery (Washington, DC)
        • Octagon House Museum (Washington, DC)
        • The People’s House (Washington, DC)
        • The White House (Washington, DC)
        • U.S. Capitol (Washington, DC)
        • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Washington, DC)
        • Washington National Cathedral
      • West Virginia
        • Greenbrier Bunker and Presidents’ Cottage Museum (West Virginia)
      • Wyoming
        • Fossil Butte National Monument (Wyoming)
        • Grand Teton National Park (Wyoming)
        • Jackson Hole (Wyoming)
        • Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming)
        • Yellowstone/Grand Teton Road Trip
      • 20th Anniversary of 9/11
      • Favorite American Revolution Historical Sites and Books
      • Black History Sites
      • Civil Rights Road Trip
      • Civil War Trails
      • Favorite Patriotic Historical Sites
      • Hamilton sites (United States/Caribbean)
      • Historic Holiday Homes
      • Historic Holiday Tours
      • Historical Hidden Gems – United States
      • Historical Sites near a Beach
      • National Parks
    • Europe
      • Amsterdam
      • Brussels (Belgium)
        • European Union Parliament (Brussels)
      • England
        • Cambridge (England)
        • English Villages
        • Greenwich (England)
        • Hampton Court Palace (England)
        • IWM Duxford (England)
        • London
          • American Sites in London
          • British Library (London)
          • The British Museum (London)
          • Churchill War Rooms (London)
          • Houses of Parliament (London)
          • Imperial War Museum (London)
          • Kensington Palace (London)
          • Kew Gardens (London)
          • Royal Air Force Museum (London)
          • St. Paul’s Cathedral (London)
          • Tower of London (London)
          • Victoria and Albert Museum (London)
          • Westminster Abbey (London)
        • Oxford (England)
        • Shakespeare’s Stratford
        • Windsor Castle (England)
        • York, England
      • France
        • Normandy (France)
        • Palace of Versailles (France)
        • Paris
          • Cluny Museum (Paris)
          • Conciergerie (Paris)
          • Musée Carnavalet (Paris)
          • Musée de l’Armée Invalides (Paris)
        • Provence (France)
      • Greece
        • Acropolis and Ancient Athens (Greece)
      • Ireland
        • Irish Road Trip
        • Cliffs of Moher (Ireland)
        • Clonmacnoise (Ireland)
        • Dingle (Ireland)
        • Dublin (Ireland)
          • Book of Kells/Trinity College (Dublin)
          • Dublinia (Dublin)
          • EPIC (Dublin)
          • GPO Witness History Museum (Dublin)
          • Kilmainham Gaol (Dublin)
          • National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology (Dublin)
        • Kilkenny Castle (Ireland)
        • Kinsale/Charles Fort (Ireland)
        • Muckross House (Ireland)
        • Rock of Cashel (Ireland)
        • Titanic Experience (Ireland)
      • Italy
        • Florence, Italy
        • Orvieto, Italy
        • Pisa (Italy)
        • Pompeii (Italy)
        • Rome
          • Ancient Rome: Colosseum, The Forum, and Palatine Hill (Rome)
          • Vatican City (Rome)
        • Siena (Italy)
      • Scotland
        • Edinburgh, Scotland
          • Edinburgh Castle (Edinburgh)
          • National Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh)
          • The Real Mary King’s Close (Edinburgh)
        • St. Andrews (Scotland)
      • Spain
        • Barcelona’s Barri Gòtic (Spain)
        • El Escorial (Spain)
        • Royal Palace of Madrid (Spain)
        • Sagrada Família and Park Güell (Spain)
        • Toledo, Spain
    • Asia
      • Japan
        • Kyoto (Japan)
        • Tokyo (Japan)
    • Canada
      • L.M. Montgomery’s Prince Edward Island (Canada)
    • D-Day Historic Sites
    • Women’s History Resources
    • Travel Essays
    • Travel Tips
  • Presidential and First Lady History
    • Favorite and Bucket List Presidential and First Lady Historical Sites
    • Historical Fiction Novels about the First Ladies
    • Virtual Tours of Presidential and First Lady Sites
    • Booking It Through History
      • Booking It Through History: First Ladies
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Martha Washington
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Abigail Adams
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – The Jefferson Ladies
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Dolley Madison
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Elizabeth Monroe 
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Louisa Catherine Adams 
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Rachel Jackson
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – The Van Buren Women
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Anna Harrison
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – The Tyler Women
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Sarah Polk
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Margaret Taylor
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Abigail Fillmore
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Jane Pierce
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Harriet Lane
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Mary Lincoln
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Eliza Johnson
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Julia Grant
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Lucy Hayes
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Lucretia Garfield
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Ellen Arthur
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Frances Cleveland
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Caroline Harrison
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Ida McKinley
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Edith Roosevelt
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Helen Taft
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – The Wilson Women
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Florence Harding
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Grace Coolidge
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Lou Hoover
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Eleanor Roosevelt
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Bess Truman
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Mamie Eisenhower
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Jacqueline Kennedy
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Pat Nixon
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Betty Ford
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Rosalynn Carter
        • Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Nancy Reagan
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Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Nancy Reagan

Read my new post in my Booking It Through History: First Ladies project to learn more about Nancy Reagan.

Jayda Justus, The History Mom Booking It Through History, California, first ladies, United States Leave a comment April 30, 2026April 30, 2026 21 Minutes

Museum of the Bible (Washington, DC)

Visit one of Washington's newest museums this summer to see the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Museum of the Bible is amazing!

Jayda Justus, The History Mom 10 and up, 6 and up, Teenagers, United States, Washington, DC Leave a comment April 23, 2026April 23, 2026 3 Minutes

Historical Hidden Gems – Europe

Check out my favorite hidden gems in Europe!

Jayda Justus, The History Mom Europe, France, Greece, Italy, Paris, Rome, Spain 2 Comments April 16, 2026April 16, 2026 4 Minutes

Most Anticipated Releases for Spring 2026

Check out my most anticipated books releasing in April and May!

Jayda Justus, The History Mom reading 2 Comments April 9, 2026April 28, 2026 7 Minutes

Reading Challenge Update – March 2026

See what books I read in March as part of my monthly reading challenge!

Jayda Justus, The History Mom reading Leave a comment April 6, 2026April 6, 2026 2 Minutes

Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Rosalynn Carter

Read about the activist first lady, Rosalynn Carter, in my new Booking It Through History: First Ladies post!

Jayda Justus, The History Mom Booking It Through History, first ladies, Georgia, Washington, DC 1 Comment March 30, 2026March 30, 2026 19 Minutes

Historical Book-to-Screen Adaptations

Check out my favorite historical book-to-screen adaptations!

Jayda Justus, The History Mom reading Leave a comment March 23, 2026March 23, 2026 3 Minutes

Historical Hidden Gems – United States

Check out these historical hidden gems!

Jayda Justus, The History Mom 10 and up, 6 and up, California, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Teenagers, Texas, United States, Virginia 2 Comments March 12, 2026March 12, 2026 6 Minutes

Reading Challenge Update – February 2026

See what books I read in February as part of my monthly reading challenge!

Jayda Justus, The History Mom reading Leave a comment March 4, 2026April 6, 2026 2 Minutes

Booking It Through History: First Ladies – Betty Ford

Learn more about the trailblazing First Lady Betty Ford in my new Booking It Through History: First Ladies post.

Jayda Justus, The History Mom Booking It Through History, first ladies, Michigan, United States, Virginia 1 Comment February 27, 2026April 9, 2026 19 Minutes

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