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Three generations of Andrew Johnson’s family devoted time and effort to preserve his memory and legacy. In 1906, the Johnson family’s burial plot became the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery under the War Department. In 1926, the state of Tennessee enclosed Johnson’s tailor shop and opened it to the public. Margaret Johnson Patterson Bartlett, Andrew Johnson’s great-granddaughter, lived in Johnson’s Homestead most of her life. In the late 1930s she traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and numerous senators about preserving the house. Through the family’s efforts, the National Cemetery, Tailor Shop, and Johnson’s Homestead were added to the National Park system as Andrew Johnson Monument in 1942.
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