The President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site is located in Hope, Arkansas. Built in 1917 by Dr. H. S. Garrett, in this house the 42nd

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Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again ...

, spent the first four years of his life, having been born on August 19, 1946, at Julia Chester Hospital in

Hope, Arkansas Hope is a city in Hempstead County in southwestern Arkansas, United States. Hope is the county seat of Hempstead County and the principal city of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Hempstead and Nevada counties. As of t ...

. The house was owned by Clinton's maternal grandparents, Edith Grisham and James Eldridge Cassidy, and they cared for him when his mother, Virginia, was away working as an

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. On May 19, 1994, the site was added to the

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(as "Bill Clinton Birthplace"). Tours were offered by the Clinton Birthplace Foundation. In accordance with the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (§7002), the

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accepted the property on December 14, 2010, establishing it as a national historic site and a unit of the

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. This change in status was originally proposed by

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of Arkansas. Bill Clinton and Secretary of the Interior

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formally dedicated the site on April 16, 2011. File:First home of Bill Clinton (24058932888).jpg, Side view File:Bill Clinton Birthplace.jpg, Other side view

References

External links

Official NPS website"Life Portrait of Bill Clinton"
from

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's '' American Presidents: Life Portraits'', broadcast from the Clinton Center and Birthplace, December 20, 1999 {{DEFAULTSORT:Clinton, William Jefferson Houses completed in 1917 Birthplace Buildings and monuments honoring American presidents in the United States Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas National Historic Sites in Arkansas Protected areas established in 2010 Presidential homes in the United States Houses in Hempstead County, Arkansas Museums in Hempstead County, Arkansas Historic house museums in Arkansas Presidential museums in Arkansas Biographical museums in Arkansas 2010 establishments in Arkansas Birthplaces of individual people Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Hempstead County, Arkansas