2012 Eisenhower Academy Schedule
Sunday, July 8AFTERNOON Arrival / Registraion.
EVENING Dinner on own. Get Acquainted social and introductions. Graduate credit students meet their instructor.
Monday, July 9 MORNING Overview / Objectives - Carol Hegeman, Supervisory Historian, Eisenhower NHS. Leadership / Domestic Policy - Dr. Michael Birkner, Gettysburg College.
AFTERNOON Eisenhower's Foreign Policy - Chris Tudda, Historian for the Department of State. Eisenhower Foreign Policy in Primary Source Documents - Daun Van Ee, Library of Congress. Foreign Policy Discussion - Tudda, Ee, Birkner.
EVENING Dinner at the Dobbin House Restaurant. The Eisenhower White House - Mr. Bradley Patterson, Deputy Cabinet Secretary, 1954 - 1961.
Tuesday, July 10 MORNING Visit the Eisenhower National Historic Site. National Park Service historian Carol Hegeman gives a behind-the-scenes tour and shares site related educational programs. Curator Michael Florer shows special items from the museum collection.
AFTERNOON Visit with Susan Eisenhower. Complete site tour and visit the bookstore. Eisenhower and the Secret Service -John Joyce, Park Ranger, Eisenhower NHS. Free time to explore Gettysburg.
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Did You Know?
Major Eisenhower and Col. George Patton were reprimanded by their army superiors for advocating revolutionary tank tactics in the early 20s. These were the same tactics employed with such success by the German army in the early years of WWII.