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Eisenhower National Historic Site
History & Culture

THE LIFE OF DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
Eisenhower chronologies, quotes, and Top 5 lists (admired and disliked contemporaries, accomplishments and failures). more...

EISENHOWER AT GETTYSBURG
President Eisenhower bought his Gettysburg home in 1950, but his association with the town and battlefield actually began back in the spring of 1915 during his West Point days. more...
Eisenhower on West Point football team  

Did You Know?
While a member of the West Point football team in 1912, Cadet Dwight Eisenhower played linebacker against the legendary Jim Thorpe of the Carlisle Indian School. Recalling Eisenhower’s performance years later, Thorpe remarked, “Good Linebacker!”

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