Will You Be My Valentine? Presidential Love Letters
February 14th, 2025 at 7:00 P.M.
The President James K. Polk Home and Museum offers a festive, educational and fun event for adults this…
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Bloodys & Biscuits
Saturday April 5th, 2025 at 9:00 am
The President James K. Polk Home and Museum will host our annual Bloodys & Biscuits fundraiser on Saturday…
Homeschool Day- Historic Gardens
Fri. May 16, 2025, 9:00 AM
Join us on the grounds of the Polk Home for a fun day of gardening, cooking, activities and…
Polk Academy Summer Camps 2025
The Polk Academy Summer camps are finally here! We are offering four very unique camps starting in June…
Homeschool Day- Archeology
Fri. Sep 12, 2025, 9:00 AM
Archeology Day features crafts, activites, real archeologists and more. Learn about how archeologists find clues about the past,…
Homeschool Day- Veteran’s Day
Fri. Nov 7, 2025, 9:00 AM
James K. Polk never fought in a war himself, but many conflicts and veterans can connect their history…
Audubon: Nature & Nation
February 15, 2020 - May 31, 2020
Featuring twelve first-edition prints from Birds of America by renowned American naturalist and artist John James Audubon, on…
A Portrait of Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés: A Gift to the First Lady
Late in James K. Polk’s presidency, his wife Sarah Childress Polk received an unusual gift that implicitly equated…
Anthony Philip Heinrich: An Early American Composer in Polk’s America
March 2, 2020 | Written by Thomas Samuel Have you ever heard of the “Log Cabin Composer?” In…
Annual Membership Luncheon
April 23, 2020 | 12 p.m.
The James K. Polk Memorial Association invites its members to the annual Spring Luncheon and business meeting, held…
