James Buchanan is the only U.S. president from the Susquehanna Valley. He was born and raised in Franklin County, and he lived in Lancaster for most of his adult life. Sign up for our Newsletters ...

Born: April 23, 1791, in Stony Batter, Pennsylvania... Buchanan presided over the dissolution of the Union. His faith that the legal system would resolve the slavery issue locked him into inaction.

REMEMBERING THE UNITED STATES 15TH PRESIDENT ON THE DAY HE WAS BORN. CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF JAMES BUCHANAN. AND THIS WAS A WREATH LAYING CEREMONY THAT IS DONE EVERY YEAR AROUND THE TIME OF HIS ...