Visit President James Buchanan’s Wheatland virtually on Presidents’ Day, February 15, for a special tour of the historic mansion! In real-time, a costumed tour guide will lead you through the mansion and share the history of the home as well as the public and private life of President Buchanan. During the tour, your guide will perform a brief, first-person living history conversation where you’ll be transported back to 1864 and “meet” the retired 15th president and his close friend and guest, Mrs. Cornelia Van Ness Roosevelt of Oyster Bay, New York. Viewers can listen in on their conversation and ask them questions through Zoom’s Q&A feature as they chat about mutual friends and James Buchanan’s perspectives about his beloved Democratic Party and who was responsible for the hastening of the catastrophe of the southern states’ rebellion. After the conversation, your guide will continue the tour throughout the rest of the house. The entire program should last approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Presidents’ Day Virtual Tours of Wheatland are available on Monday, February 15, 2021 at 10am and 1pm Eastern on Zoom. Connections are $15 each and may be purchased online by selecting “Get Tickets” below. Upon successful registration and purchase, an email with the special Zoom weblink will be sent. Virtual tours are live and viewers are encouraged to ask questions of the guide via Zoom’s Q&A feature. We love questions!

Notice: The February 5th edition of The Historian e-newsletter erroneously reported that tickets to this event were free. That was incorrect. Connections are $15 for this program. We apologize for this error.