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President:  Andrew Jackson

Date(s) and Start Point: September 9, 2006 — Munfordville

Sponsoring Club:  AVA-0694, Derby City Walkers

Website for Event Information:  http://www.ava.org/gen3/data/event_details.asp?eventid=74729

History Lesson:  The trail passes the Old Munford Inn, where President-elect Andrew Jackson stayed overnight on his way to his inauguration.

President:  Ulysses S. Grant

Start Point: Covington - 10km Walk (YR0078) Jan 1-Dec 31

Sponsoring Club:  AVA-0548, Northern Kentucky Trotters

History Lesson:  In St Louis Grant ran for election for county engineer, the two Democrats on the selecting panel supported him while the three Free-Soilers opposed him. In December 1859, the same night Grant lost the election to be engineer, Julia and her husband agreed that their lives were not working out in St. Louis. Grant reluctantly agreed to return to his father in Kentucky and ask for help. Grant received only a tepid homecoming in Covington, Kentucky–his family's new home. Nonetheless, his father agreed to let him enter the family's tanning business.

President:  William Howard Taft

Start Point: Covington - 10km Walk (YR0787) Jan 1-Dec 31

Sponsoring Club:  AVA-0548, Northern Kentucky Trotters

History Lesson:  The Taft Museum, originally owned by William's older brother Charles Phelps Taft, now houses a fine permanent collection as well as rotating exhibits. Taft accepted the 1908 Republication nomination from the front porch of this house. The house is open to the public.

President:  Abraham Lincoln

Start Point: Lexington - 10km Walk (YR1851) Jan 2-Dec 31

Sponsoring Club:  AVA-0694, Derby City Walkers, Inc

History Lesson:   In 1839, at the age of 21, Mary Todd left Lexington to live with her sister, Elizabeth Todd Edwards, in Springfield, Illinois. There she met, and in 1842, married attorney and political figure, Abraham Lincoln. In 1847, while on their way to Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln brought their two young sons to visit Mary’s girlhood home. During this visit Mr. Lincoln spent hours enjoying Robert Todd’s extensive library.

President:  Chester Arthur

Start Point: Louisville - 10km Walk (YR0087) Jan 2-Dec 31

Sponsoring Club:  AVA-0694, Derby City Walkers, Inc

History Lesson:   U.S. President Chester Arthur opened The Southern Exposition on Aug. 1, 1883. The highlight of the exposition were the incandescent lights, an invention of then-Louisville resident Thomas Edison. The exposition itself was an industrial and mercantile show. He delivered an address at the exposition on Aug. 2. A plaque commemorating President Arthur's appearance is on a rock at the entrance of St. James Court that volksmarchers walk through.

Updated August 26, 2006