Virtual Program: A Virtual Guided Tour of the Garfield Home

Join James A. Garfield NHS staff on the fourth Saturday of each month from January-April for a free virtual program on Zoom! This month join a Park Ranger on a virtual walk through the beautiful Garfield home here at James A. Garfield NHS. Whether you’ve been here many ......More

Join James A. Garfield NHS staff on the fourth Saturday of each month from January-April for a free virtual program on Zoom! This month join a Park Ranger on a virtual walk through the beautiful Garfield home here at James A. Garfield NHS. Whether you’ve been here many times or never seen the Garfield home this virtual tour will make you feel like you’re standing inside the house! Our virtual programs are great for those who live far away or are otherwise unable to visit James A. Garfield NHS. Programs will last about 45 minutes with time for Q & A afterwards. Link for Zoom meetings provided by Mentor Public Library. SPEAKER: Allison Powell James A. Garfield NHS.   

Leaders & Legacies of the Civil War Era Series: Protecting Your Civil War Heirlooms

Join James A. Garfield NHS staff and volunteers at Mentor Public Library on the second Wednesday of each month for a new talk on “Leaders & Legacies of the Civil War Era”! Do you have papers or artifacts from the Civil War that you want to preserve and protect for futur......More

Join James A. Garfield NHS staff and volunteers at Mentor Public Library on the second Wednesday of each month for a new talk on “Leaders & Legacies of the Civil War Era”! Do you have papers or artifacts from the Civil War that you want to preserve and protect for future generations? If so this program is for you! Join a National Park Service Museum Curator to learn about how to properly care for and store precious papers and artifacts.

Mentor Public Library at 8215 Mentor Ave, Mentor, OH 44060

Hillcrest Concert Band Performance on the Lawn

Join us for a beautiful summer evening band concert on the lawn behind President and Mrs. Garfield’s home! We welcome the Hillcrest Concert Band to James A. Garfield National Historic Site for the first time. The expansive lawn here at James A. Garfield NHS makes for a ......More

Join us for a beautiful summer evening band concert on the lawn behind President and Mrs. Garfield’s home! We welcome the Hillcrest Concert Band to James A. Garfield National Historic Site for the first time. The expansive lawn here at James A. Garfield NHS makes for a perfect venue for an outdoor concert featuring music from different periods of American history. Feel free to bring lawn chairs, drinking water, and picnic baskets!  (Alcoholic beverages are NOT permitted.) Sponsored by the James A. Garfield Alliance and The Garfield Trail of Ohio. Free.

University Heights Symphonic Band Performance on the Lawn

Join us for a beautiful summer evening band concert on the lawn behind President and Mrs. Garfield’s home! We welcome back the University Heights Symphonic Band to James A. Garfield National Historic Site for another year! The expansive lawn here at James A. Garfield NH......More

Join us for a beautiful summer evening band concert on the lawn behind President and Mrs. Garfield’s home! We welcome back the University Heights Symphonic Band to James A. Garfield National Historic Site for another year! The expansive lawn here at James A. Garfield NHS makes for a perfect venue for an outdoor concert featuring music from different periods of American history. Feel free to bring lawn chairs, drinking water, and picnic baskets! (Alcoholic beverages are NOT permitted.) Sponsored by the James A. Garfield Alliance and the Garfield Trail of Ohio. Free. Rain date: Thursday, June 20 at 7 p.m.

Leaders & Legacies of the Civil War Era Series: Lady Against Lady: First Ladies & the Civil War

Join James A. Garfield NHS staff and volunteers at Mentor Public Library on the second Wednesday of each month for a new talk on “Leaders & Legacies of the Civil War Era”! First Ladies Harriet Lane Mary Lincoln Julia Grant and Lucy Hayes all had unique eyewitness accoun......More

Join James A. Garfield NHS staff and volunteers at Mentor Public Library on the second Wednesday of each month for a new talk on “Leaders & Legacies of the Civil War Era”! First Ladies Harriet Lane Mary Lincoln Julia Grant and Lucy Hayes all had unique eyewitness accounts to the events before during and after the Civil War. Through their stories we’ll see how this deadly American conflict over slavery impacted the women married to the men in charge.

Mentor Public Library at 8215 Mentor Ave, Mentor, OH 44060

Flag Retirement Ceremony

In honor of June 14’s designation as Flag Day, join members of local Boy Scout troops as they properly and respectfully retire used and unserviceable American flags. Visitors and citizens are invited to bring flags they would like to have retired or drop those flags off......More

In honor of June 14’s designation as Flag Day, join members of local Boy Scout troops as they properly and respectfully retire used and unserviceable American flags. Visitors and citizens are invited to bring flags they would like to have retired or drop those flags off in our Visitor Center in the days before the ceremony. Free.

Author Talk and Book Signing: C.W. Goodyear, Author of President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier

C.W. Goodyear is the author of the acclaimed biography President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier published by Simon & Schuster in July 2023. We’re thrilled to welcome him to James A. Garfield NHS for the second time to speak and sign books! He’ll speak about what spar......More

C.W. Goodyear is the author of the acclaimed biography President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier published by Simon & Schuster in July 2023. We’re thrilled to welcome him to James A. Garfield NHS for the second time to speak and sign books! He’ll speak about what sparked his interest in Garfield what surprised him while researching the book and more! Program is free of charge books will be for sale in our Eastern National bookstore. Sponsored by The Garfield Trail of Ohio.

Erie Heights Brass Ensemble Concert on the Lawn

Join the Erie Heights Brass Ensemble on the grounds for an hour of live music! The lawn behind the Garfield home is a perfect place to enjoy live music just as the Garfield family did during the presidential campaign summer of 1880: outside under the shade of large hist......More

Join the Erie Heights Brass Ensemble on the grounds for an hour of live music! The lawn behind the Garfield home is a perfect place to enjoy live music just as the Garfield family did during the presidential campaign summer of 1880: outside under the shade of large historic trees! Feel free to bring lawn chairs, drinking water, and picnic baskets! (Alcoholic beverages are NOT permitted.) Sponsored by the James A. Garfield Alliance and The Garfield Trail of Ohio. Free.