• The President's signature stamp

    Andrew Johnson

    National Historic Site Tennessee

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  • Road and Parking Lot Resurfacing

    For the next couple of weeks, road and parking lot repair and resurfacing will be taking place at the park. Be aware that conditions will vary and driving/parking accessibility to some of the site units will be altered.

Photos & Multimedia

 
 

Watch a short video about the Johnson family members who served in the Civil War.

Learn more about Andrew Johnson and Emancipation in Tennessee by viewing a short excerpt of his 1864 "Moses" speech.

Discover the feelings of Civil War soldiers as we reveal messages they left for Andrew Johnson on his vacated Homestead walls.

 
  • Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States.
    Andrew Johnson Family
    10 Photos
  • Sam Johnson
    Andrew Johnson's Slaves
    5 Photos
  • Entrance to the Andrew Johnson Homestead from the back door
    Homestead
    17 Photos
  • Andrew Johnson's birthplace in Raleigh, NC.
    Vintage Postcards
    16 Photos
  • An 1865 view of the President's Homestead.
    Greeneville
    14 Photos


Did You Know?

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Family tradition holds that Andrew Johnson arrived in Greeneville with a cart drawn by a blind pony in 1826. His mother and step-father were with him. Tradition also says they camped at a spring on the Homestead property.