As part of this national celebration, Eisenhower National Historic Site offers an enhanced version of its Junior Ranger program, the Junior Secret Service Agent program. Designed for children aged 7-12, the Junior Secret Service Agent program allows the children to learn about President and Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower and how the Secret Service protected them on their farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. As a special activity for National Junior Ranger Day, a living historian will portray a Secret Service agent protecting President Eisenhower.

From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. the agent will be available to assist children in their training as they participate in activities like practicing radio procedure, looking for suspicious objects using binoculars, and becoming familiar with surveillance equipment in the site’s newly opened Secret Service office. Trainees may also have to approach a “suspicious” staff member and interrogate them about their activities. Parents should plan to assist their children as they complete this self-guided activity and learn about President Dwight D. Eisenhower and how the Secret Service protected him. For their efforts, the children will receive a badge and certificate, plus a special patch commemorating National Junior Ranger Day 2007.

The Secret Service agent will also present talks for visitors at 10:15 a.m., 12:15 p.m. and 2:15 p.m.

Eisenhower National Historic Site is open daily. All visits are via shuttle bus from the National Park Service Visitor Center on Taneytown Road in Gettysburg. Shuttles depart every half-hour from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on weekends and every hour on weekdays. Admission is $6.00 for adults, $4.50 for youths ages 13-16, and $3.50 for children ages 6-12. The Junior Secret Service Agent program activities are included in the site admission and available daily. Families should allow at least two hours for their children to complete the program.