One of our favorite places…

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Here is a picture of Rutherford B. Hayes after he left the Presidency on the West End of the big porch… notice the two dogs.. 🙂

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Here we are in the same spot…. 🙂

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THis is Old Whitey, Hayes horse when he was in the Army. His other was called Old Ned….

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Those horse meant a lot to Rutherford B. Hayes.  When they passed he had them buried on the knoll on the property with stones above them.. this is Old Ned’s….

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A few feet away is Old Whitey’s stone and grave….

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Perhaps nothing signifies more how important these horses were to Hayes than where they are buried…. from between the two horses graves this is what you see…. President Hayes’ grave….

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Here is the grave of President and Mrs. Hayes….. on the other side is their son Webb Hayes and his wife.  Webb Hayes was a military hero like his father and won the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions in the Philippines…. he was everywhere the action was and took part in the fabled charge up the hill with Teddy Roosevelt!   I believe that President Hayes and his son are the only family to have a President and a Congressional Medal Of Honor winner in the same family and in back to back generations.  We were very surprised and very moved to find that the descendents of the Hayes family to this day visit the family home.  They do not come in and make airs… they buy a ticket and take the tour like everyone else, blending into the crowd.  They do however, get to use the home and gardens for family weddings and such which we feel is only fair… after all they gifted the library, the grounds and the family home to the ppl of the USA in 1965….

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Here is Mrs. Hayes with her birds…..  they had a lot of pets and loved animals….

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Here they are with Spot….

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Wow, I am thrilled to be named Niamh’s Misty Meadow Rutherford B. Hayes……  what a honor….

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We Named A Collie After Him

Rutherford B. Hayes Standing with his wife Lucy sitting and their dog Dot.  We have been to this site and stood on this spot….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is President Haeys’ son Scott with the family dog named Old Major. The picture is from the 1870’s. I think this dog looks part collie…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This film shown behind Rutherford B. Hayes Grave shows where his two Horses from the Civil War were buried.  Somewhere between the two grave is buried one of his dogs.  This film is by Stars1976.  This is one of our favorite places to visit for it has so much history there.  We also feed the squirrels there by hand….

 

With the Squirrels at Spiegel Grove, the home of Rutherford B. Hayes.  They will come up and eat right out of your hand.  The grounds are used by joggers and those walking their dogs are more than welcomed here.  We saw Collies here!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

His home had many animals living there and the grounds had lots of animals living there when it was his home also.  Off to the left of his home is his grave and his wife’s grave as well as Old Ned’s and Whitey’s graves. President Hayes was very fond of his animals family members and each of them is remembered someway in his writings.  Rutherford B. Hayes was President from 1877-1881 in a era when animals were not always valued.  At the Hayes home they were deeply loved.

 

 

 

 

We were so moved by the story of this man and his family and life I named one of our Collies after him.

Niamh’s Misty Meadow Rutherford B. Hayes……

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Who Is This Guy?

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Who is this?  He was a Civil War Hero, was wounded five times, 3 times Governor of his home State and was a one term (by his choice) President…..

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Need A hint? Well I am it…. hehehehe

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A Man I Admire

Rutherford B. Hayes Standing with his wife Lucy sitting and their dog Dot.  We have been to this site and stood on this spot….

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This is President Hayes’ son Scott with the family dog named Old Major. The picture is from the 1870’s. I think this dog looks part collie…..

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This film shown behind Rutherford B. Hayes Grave shows where his two Horses from the Civil War were buried.  Somewhere between the two grave is buried one of his dogs.  This film is by Stars1976.  This is one of our favorite places to visit for it has so much history there.  We also feed the squirrels there by hand….

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With the Squirrels at Spiegel Grove, the home of Rutherford B. Hayes.  They will come up and eat right out of your hand.  The grounds are used by joggers and those walking their dogs are more than welcomed here.  We saw Collies here!!!!!

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His home had many animals living there and the grounds had lots of animals living there when it was his home also.  Off to the left of his home is his grave and his wife’s grave as well as Old Ned’s and Whitey’s graves. President Hayes was very fond of his animals family members and each of them is remembered someway in his writings.  Rutherford B. Hayes was President from 1877-1881 in a era when animals were not always valued.  At the Hayes home they were deeply loved.

President Hayes was a man whom I deeply admire. He was wounded four times…… he had several horses shot out from under him in the Civil War.  A true gentleman whom his friends said became a wild man when he was in battle.  A true hero.

He was also a man of convictions.  HE stood for what he believed in.  While at the White House he weighed everything they did since he felt they set an example for the country and thus while he was in the White House alcohol was not served.  He did not mind drinking but he felt the majority of people in the United States did not look favorably upon drinking so he felt they should set an example.

His wife, Lucy Hayes was a wonderful woman. The first First Lady to have a college education she loved humans and animals deeply.  While her husband was in the war she followed him in camp and she spent endless hours helping soldiers who were wounded.  She nursed them, was there holding their hands as they were operated on, had amputations and she tried to help them get messages home.  A truly wonderful woman who was deeply loved by the troops in the war she was called the “mother of the regiment.”

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We were so moved by the story of this man and his family and life I named one of our Collies after him.

Niamh’s Misty Meadow Rutherford B. Hayes……

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He Is Named After A President

ONe of our collies is named after him…. Here is Rutherford B. Hayes Standing with his wife Lucy sitting and their dog Dot.  We have been to this site and stood on this spot…. had our pictures taken there and have again today….

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This is President Hayes’ son Scott with the family dog named Old Major. The picture is from the 1870’s. I think this dog looks part collie…..-

 

This film shown behind Rutherford B. Hayes Grave shows where his two Horses from the Civil War were buried.  Somewhere between the two grave is buried one of his dogs.  This film is by Stars1976.  Rutherford B. Hayes was wounded 5 times in the Civil War and was known for being a very brave soldier.  People who knew him were astounded by the transformation from a soft-spoken gentleman of culture to a daring, brave, fearless and almost a wild warrior without caution for his own safety during battle.  This is one of our favorite places to visit for it has so much history there.  We also feed the squirrels there by hand….

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With the Squirrels at Spiegel Grove, the home of Rutherford B. Hayes.  They will come up and eat right out of your hand.  The grounds are used by joggers and those walking their dogs are more than welcomed here.  We saw Collies here!!!!!  Animals were deeply loved by the Hayes family and in his last State of the Union address he addressed the issue of kindness to animals.

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His home had many animals living there and the grounds had lots of animals living there when it was his home also.  Off to the left of his home is his grave and his wife’s grave as well as Old Ned’s and Whitey’s graves. President Hayes was very fond of his animals family members and each of them is remembered someway in his writings.  Rutherford B. Hayes was President from 1877-1881 in a era when animals were not always valued.  At the Hayes home they were deeply loved. Hayes was a strict constructionist constitutionalist  in his running of the Government.  He fiercely fought to uphold its law.  HE was also a very forward looking President in that he had the first telephone in the White House, had Thomas Edison over to check out his latest invention the forerunner of the record player and had his voice recorded… the recording has since been lost…. He liked new innovations and also had the first typewriter.
Hayes also was the first to;

• Hayes was the first president to take the oath of office in the White House.
• Hayes was the first president to travel to the West Coast during his term as president.
• Though other presidents served in the Civil War, Hayes was the only one to have been wounded – four times!
• Hayes began the “Easter Egg Roll” for children on the White House Lawn (1878) – a tradition which still continues on the Monday after Easter.
• Lucy Webb Hayes was the first wife of a president to graduate from college,
• Lucy Webb Hayes was the first wife of a president to be called “First Lady”.
• Hayes’ best known quotation – “he serves his party best who serves his country best.” Inaugural Address, 1877.
• He also signed the executive order to have female attorneys appear before the Supreme Court the first time.
• He also signed the law establishing equal pay for women employed by the Federal Government.

We were so moved by the story of this man and his family and life I named one of our Collies after him.

Niamh’s Misty Meadow Rutherford B. Hayes……  He lives up to his name being a gentleman yet when it comes to playing and mock wrestling he is fierce and brave.

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Here is a computer colored picture of Rutherford B. Hayes…   more pictures from our trip there as soon as I get them on the computer….

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