dwight d. eisenhower

     

January 20, 1953 - January 2, 1961

Trivia about dwight d. eisenhower

  • As a child, he was known as "Little Ike"; he later dropped the "Little"
  • He graduated from West Point in 1915 as a second lieutenant; in 1945 he was chief of staff of the U.S. Army
  • In 1971, just 2 years after his death, he was honored on a U.S. coin
  • His grandfather had been VP, but Adlai Stevenson lost 2 presidential elections to this man
  • He was supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe, & later of NATO forces
  • Richard Nixon
  • He met wife Mamie Doud in 1915 at Fort Sam Houston when they were introduced by the wife of a fellow officer
  • His 1956 victory was the first time in over a century that the party of the presidential winner didn't control Congress
  • First awarded in 1958, an amateur golf trophy is named for this U.S. president
  • An avid golfer, he scored a hole-in-one during a round in Palm Springs in 1968
  • Near this president's library & museum in Abilene you'll also find his grave & boyhood home
  • John Foster Dulles
  • He was the first president to preside over 49 states, as well as 50
  • In June 1947 this general accepted Columbia University's offer to become its president
  • In the 1950s a putting green was installed for him near the Rose Garden
  • In the 1950s, if your button said, "I Like Ike", he was your man
  • During WWII this future president was supreme commander of the Allies in Europe
  • In 1913, this future president, then a West Point cadet, marched in Wilson's parade
  • After the presidency, he set up an office at Gettysburg College, where he put together his memoirs
  • Shortly after being elected, he submitted his resignation as president of Columbia University
  • 1969:"I have always loved my country"
  • "I've always loved my wife, my children and grandchildren, and I've always loved my country," he said in 1969
  • This president's 2-story birthplace in Denison, Texas is now a state historical park
  • Before he was president of the United States, he was supreme allied commander of NATO forces
  • In 1923 he was an obscure major stationed in Panama; 30 years later he was U.S. president
  • He sent U.S. soldiers into Little Rock, Ark. to enforce a court order mandating school desegregation
  • In 1997 Hasbro released the GI Joe seen here in honor of this historic general:
  • "Crusade in Europe"
  • Ford was "The first incumbent president since" this Republican who could say "'America is at peace'"
  • October 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas
  • This future president graduated from Abilene High School in 1909
  • In November 1943, Roosevelt, Churchill & Stalin met in Tehran, where they agreed on him as supreme Allied commander
  • Seen here in his youth, he was a handsome Army officer, generally speaking:
  • His farewell address warned of the scientific-technological elite & the military-industrial complex
  • This president's 1961 farewell address warned of the influence of "The Military-Industrial Complex"
  • This man was president when the Warsaw Pact was signed
  • This president declared that "Any invasion of Formosa would have to run over the 7th Fleet"
  • This Denison, Texas native had never held elective office before he was U.S. president
  • Lee Remick played Kay Summersby in the '70s miniseries about this president's war years
  • He was Time's Man of the Year twice: in 1944 when he was a general & later when he was president
  • President heard here:"Three days from now, after half a century in the service of our country, I shall lay down the responsibilities of office..."
  • "At Ease"
  • The farm designated this president's national historic site is at 97 Taneytown Road

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