The Grover Cleveland Birthplace Memorial Association (GCBMA) is excited to announce the establishment of the Grover Cleveland Presidential Library & Museum on the grounds of the Grover Cleveland Birthplace Historic Site in Caldwell, New Jersey. The new historical and research facility resides within our new visitor center. Funding for the Presidential Library has been provided by the GCBMA, donations, membership fees, fundraising activities, and the state of New Jersey.

Grover Cleveland is the only president born in New Jersey and, being the first chief executive to serve non-consecutive terms, was both the 22nd and 24th president of the United States of America. He was a strong proponent of honest government, and his campaign slogan and political guiding principle was “A Public Office is a Public Trust.” The Grover Cleveland Presidential Library & Museum is a source of both local pride and national significance. Many, but not all, American presidents have a library dedicated to preserving their legacy. Since 31st President Herbert Hoover, each president’s library is managed by the National Archives, while those who served earlier have libraries administered by various public or private agencies. Both the location and administrators of the new Grover Cleveland Presidential Library & Museum are eminently appropriate: The birthplace home is the only historic site in the nation solely dedicated to Grover Cleveland, and the GCBMA was initially founded in 1913 to preserve the natal home and honor Grover Cleveland’s legacy. In addition, the GCBMA and the Grover Cleveland Birthplace Historic Site maintain one of the largest collections of Grover Cleveland papers and material archives in the nation.

The mission of the Grover Cleveland Presidential Library & Museum is to collect, preserve, and make available to researchers materials documenting the public and private life of Grover Cleveland (1837-1908).  Manuscripts, artifacts, and exhibits cover his life from his birth in Caldwell, to his presidencies in the White House, as well as his post-presidential years in Princeton, New Jersey. The library also honors First Lady Frances Folsom Cleveland (1864-1947). Inspired by Cleveland’s writings on “Good Citizenship,” a Learning Lab will later be added to focus on several of his main points on the topic. Cleveland encouraged all citizens to become educated voters, take on civic duties, insist on ethics in government, and for any who are up to the task, serve the country by entering politics; locally, or on the state or national level. Future leaders from any socio-economic background, race, religion, or identity can visit the Lab to learn how to become a more actively engaged citizen and to discover what “Good Citizenship” means for them personally.

To learn more about the Grover Cleveland Presidential Library & Museum and access digital archives, visit GroverClevelandPresidentialLibrary.org. For media inquiries click here.