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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...

Ike and Nixon at 52 Convention  

Did You Know?
Dwight D. Eisenhower conducted the last of the great whistle stop campaigns, logging over 51,000 miles aboard the Eisenhower Special during the presidential campaign of 1952. In 1956, he became the first presidential nominee to launch a television campaign.

Last Updated: July 30, 2006 at 15:52 EST