Presidential sites are repositories of national memory, sources of inspiration, recreational spots, engines of tourist economies... and, unfortunately, potential targets.
Earlier I posted a call for advice on my Facebook page, about an amazing and urgent issue that had come up with my project and a former (living) president...
The Eisenhower Library campus includes a church-shaped building called the Place of Meditation. The name of the building isn't figurative: there's an actual chapel inside the Eisenhower tomb.
As a president who was known for his openness and candor, it should be no surprise that Gerald Ford's gravesite is out front next to the Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids.
It doesn't smell in this basement crypt, but even if it did, there are two presidents and two first ladies in there. A room like that could smell if it wanted to.
