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Martin Van Buren National
Historic Site, in Kinderhook, New York, is a unit of the U.S. National
Park Service. It preserves, protects and interprets for the public
the estate and home of Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the
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The mission of Martin Van Buren
National Historic Site is to preserve Lindenwald, the home and farm of the
nation's eighth president. Martin Van Buren's life bridged the 80 years
between the American War for Independence and the U.S. Civil War, the critical
formative years of the American Republic. He was among the most prominent
Jacksonian politicians, one whose political activities were prototypical
and became common practice in American politics and are still an influence.
When coupled with its surroundings and vistas, Lindenwald appears as it
did when Martin Van Buren lived; it provides an aesthetically pleasing resource
which is intimately and tangibly related to his life. As such it allows
for successful study and understanding of President Van Buren's life and
times as well as a refreshing recreational resource. |
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