Lee and Karen Duquette,
The Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
at The City of Presidents Project
in Rapid City, South Dakota
May 18, 2016

The two RV Gypsies, Lee and Karen Duquette, took a walking tour of downtown historic Rapid City, South Dakota to view and photograph a series of life-size bronze statues of past presidents of the United States of America that were erected along the city's streets and sidewalks. The City of Presidents Project began in 2000 to honor the legacy of the American presidency. Each of the sculptures were privately funded and the pattern of the placement was chosen to maintain a coherent structure and eliminate any sense of favoritism or political gain. The City of Presidents is part of the Rapid City Historic District Tour.

1st President of the United States
1789 - 1797
George Washington
Born 1732 - Died 1799

2nd President of the United States
1797-1801
John Adams
Born 1725 - Died 1826

3rd President of the United States 1801-1809
Thomas Jefferson
Born 1743 - Died 1826

4th President of the United States
1809 - 1817
James Madison
Born 1751 - Died 1836

5th President of the United States
1817-1825
James Monroe
Born 1758 - Died 1831

6th President of the United States
1825-1829
John Quincy Adams
Born 1767 - Died 1848

7th President of the United States
1829-1837
Andrew Jackson
Born 1767 - Died 1845

8th President of the United States
1837-1841
Martin Van Buren
Born 1782 - Died 1862

9th President of the United States
1841-1841
William Henry Harrison
Born 1773 - Died 1841

10th President of the United States
1841-1845
John Tyler
Born 1790 - Died 1862

11th President of the United States
1845-1849
James K. Polk
Born 1975 - Died 1849

12th President of the United States
1849-1850
Zachary Taylor
Born 1784 - Died 1850

13th President of the United States
1850-1853
Millard Fillmore
Born 1800 - Died 1874

14th President of the United States
1853-1857
Franklin Pierce
Born 1804 - Died 1869

15th President of the United States
1857-1861
James Buchanan
Born 1791 - Died 1868

16th President of the United States 1861-1865
Abraham Lincoln
Born 1809 - Died 1865

17th President of the United States 1865-1869
Andrew Johnson
Born 1808 - Died 1875

18th President of the United States
1869-1877
Ulysses S. Grant
Born 1823 - Died 1885

19th President of the United States
1877-1881
Rutherford B. Hayes
Born 1822 - Died 1893

20th President of the United States
1881-1881
James Garfield
Born 1831 - Died 1881

21st President of the United States
1881-1885
Chester A. Arthur
Born 1829 - Died 1886

22nd & 24th President of the United States
1885-1889 and 1893-1897
Grover Cleveland
Born 1837 - Died 1908

23rd President of the United States
1889-1893
Benjamin Harrison
Born 1833 - Died 1901

25th President of the United States
1897 - 1901
William McKinley
Born 1843 - Assassinated in 1901

26th President of the United States
1901-1909
Theodore Roosevelt
Born 1858 - Died 1919

27th President of the United States
1909-1913
William H. Taft
Born 1857 - Died 1930

28th President of the United States
1913 - 1921
Woodrow Wilson
Born 1856 - Died 1924

29th President of the United States
1921 - 1923
Warren G. Harding
Born 1865 - Died 1923

30th President of the United States
1923-1929
Calvin Coolidge
Born 1872 - Died 1933

31st President of the United States
1929-1933
Herbert Hoover
Born 1874 - Died 1964

32nd President of the United States 1933-1945
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Born 1882 - Died 1945

33rd President of the United States 1945-1953
Harry S. Truman
Born 1884 - Died 1972

34th President of the United States
1953-1961
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Born 1890 - Died 1969

35th President of the United States
1961-1963
John F. Kennedy
Born 1917 - Died 1963

36th President of the United States
1963-1969
Lyndon B. Johnson
Born 1908 - Died 1973

37th President of the United States
1969-1974
Richard M. Nixon
Born 1913 - Died 1994

38th President of the United States
1974-1977
Gerald R. Ford
Born 1913 - Died 2006

39th President of the United States
1977-1981
Jimmy Carter
Born 1924 - Died 2024

40th President of the United States
1981-1989
Ronald Reagan
Born 1911 - Died 2004

41st President of the United States
1989-1993
George Herbert Walker Bush
born 1924 - Died 2018

42nd President of the United States
1993-2001
William Jefferson Clinton
Born 1946

43rd President of the United States
2001-2009
George W. Bush
Born 1946

Menu for Lee and Karen Duquette,
The Two RV Gypsies in South Dakota
May 15 - 20, 2016
You may view these adventures in any order your choose.

(There is also a link to Wyoming at the bottom of this page)

S.D. Welcome Center/Rest Area/travel (site 12)

Travel photos in South-Central South Dakota

Mitchell Corn Palace - site 13

Badlands Petrified Gardens - site 14

Wall Drug, the Jackalope and more- site 14

Rapid City, The Berlin Wall, and more- site 15

Bear Country USA and a link to here in 1987

Chapel in the Hills

Cosmos Mystery Area

Dinosaur Park in Rapid City

Formal Gardens and sundial in Rapid City

Pactola Lake, part of Black Hills National Forest

Presidential Statues in Rapid City (this page)

Marlins Restaurant

CAMPGROUNDS THE TWO RV GYPSIES STAYED AT IN South Dakota

Sioux City North KOA in North Sioux City, SD

Hills RV Park in Plankinton, SD

Belvidere East Exit 170 KOA in Midland, SD

Three Flags RV Park in Black Hawk, SD

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