Harrison Tomb

Before our post begins I want to tell you how proud I was of my Wills on Sunday. 

 We went to PetSmart and I had loaded his food in our cart then stopped to look at the dogs up for adoption.  Wills was patiently waiting by my foot when I felt a little tug on his six foot leash.  As I looked Wills was up on his back legs sitting in front of a Down Syndrome young boy.  The boy had his hands cupped by his chest.  Wills gently put his front feet on the boy and his head in the boys hands looking him in the face.  Wills then got down sitting in front of the boy.  The boy with hesitation tapped Wills on the head three times.  Wills then returned to being at my feet.  The boys Mom said, as I had not seen what Wills did, that Wills came over very slowly to her son wagging his funny tail wag and sat in front of her son before he proceeded to raise himself up to get the Down Syndrome boy to pet him.  The Mom said the child talks about dogs all the time but when they come to look or are around dogs he will not touch them and totally goes into his shell.  My Wills was his first touch of a dog.  How he picked out the child to go to or why only Wills know.  But Wills sure put a smile in the boys Mom's heart Sunday.  And I am still smiling.

 

Now for our post.

 

I, Sweet William The Scot, am on the westside of my Nati City today in North Bend.

 William Henry Harrison was the ninth President of the United States, an American military officer.

He was the last President born as a British subject.

Harrison was the first sitting President to have his photograph taken, on Inauguration Day in 1841.

Why I, Sweet William The Scot, get my picture taken all the time.

He was a U.S. representative and senator from Ohio.  

His nickname was Old Tippecanoe.

Harrison's tomb was built in 1841.

 He was also the first president to die in office. He was 68 years old and the  oldest president to take office until Ronald Reagan.

After the War of 1812 he retired to Ohio.  He lived in relative retirement until he was nominated for the presidency in 1836. Defeated, he retired again to his farm. He was elected president in 1840.  

 

He served the shortest tenure in United States presidential history, 32 days in office. 

 Lee and I find it sad the state of disrepair this monument is in and poor grounds keeping.

I think Nati City could do much better. All the interpretive displays on the kiosks were gone, that were put in on January 29th, 2007.

President Harrison  Born February 9, 1773 ~ Died April 4, 1841.

Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison Born July 25, 1775 ~ Died February 25, 1864 wife of President William Henry Harrison.

To the far left is buried John Scott Harrison, the only man in U.S. history to be the son of a president and the father of a president (Benjamin Harrison).

Harrison's granddaughter by John Scot Harrison and son-in-law are interred in the Harrison Tomb also.

It was also meant as a temporary place for his family.  The Harrisons had ten children in all.

Hence all the empty spaces.



This picture depicts his final moments.  And says his body was placed in a glass coffin in the East Room of The White House.  And tells of the long road home to Ohio.

Harrison's grandson, Benjamin Harrison of Indiana, was the 23rd president.

 In the weeks to come I will tell you what William Henry Harrison has to do with the Brown County Indiana State Park where the BAR is happening next year.  The Park sits 135 miles from our door on the eastside of Nati City and Lee over the years has spent many hours horseback riding there.

  

Thanks for being a  friend
Traveling down the road and back again
Your heart is true and your a friend of  mine

Signing Off 

Sweet William The Scot