• Photo of the Eisenhower Farm. Courtesy of Stan Cohen.

    Eisenhower

    National Historic Site Pennsylvania

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May 03, 2013
Eisenhower Site and City of York (Pa.) Schools Receive Ticket to Ride Grant
Thanks to a generous grant from the National Park Foundation and Disney, students from the City of York School District will have an opportunity to visit the Eisenhower National Historic Site. The Eisenhower Site was just awarded a Ticket To Ride grant that will pay for the travel expenses to transport the students to President Eisenhower’s farm in Gettysburg.

April 16, 2013
Mamie and 1950s Fashions at Eisenhower Site
Mamie Eisenhower said she and Ike had lived in 37 different homes during their married life. Learn the story of this general’s wife and first lady on Saturday, May 11 when the National Park Service at Eisenhower National Historic Site features the dramatic program, Mamie Remembers Gettysburg. The site will also host a 1950s Fashion Show, provide a close-up look at the Eisenhowers’ cars and host an already sold out formal tea.

April 03, 2013
Eisenhower Museum Collections Book Now Available
You can tell much about a person by their possessions. That is definitely true of Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife Mamie. Some of the many possessions they amassed in their 53 years of married life are now featured in a book, Eisenhower National Historic Site Museum Collections.

 

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Did You Know?

Ike and Nixon at 52 Convention

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 that same year, he became the first presidential nominee to launch a television campaign.