Press Releases
2008
December 30, 2008: Let's Talk Mamie
December 19, 2008: Research Visit Milestone
December 11, 2008: Presidential Treasures Exhibit Extended
December 2, 2008: Record Attendance set at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum
December 1, 2008: Annual Holiday Reception
November 25, 2008: Abilene Resident Receives National Award
November 13, 2008: Afghanistan Today
October 31, 2008: Honoring Our Nation's Heroes
October 15, 2008: "Coping with the Cost of Health Care: How Do We Pay for What We Need?"
October 9, 2008: Debate Watch
October 7, 2008: Author of "The Ike Files" Discusses New Book
October 2, 2008: President Eisenhower's Birthday
September 30, 2008: Booktalk series begins with "At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends"
September 10, 2008: Constitution Day - A Celebration Of Our Civic Roots
September 4, 2008: Eisenhower's Views In 1968 Revealed - 1968 Principal File Released
September 2, 2008: Energy Independence - Former Top National Energy Official Offers His Plan
August 28, 2008: Eisenhower Presidential Library to Host National Issues Forums This Fall
August 26, 2008: New Eisenhower Book Features Library & Museum Treasures
August 25, 2008: Celebrating 100 Years of the Carnegie Library
Marlin Fitzwater - Famous Kansan and Former White House Press Secretary Featured Speaker
August 7, 2008: Abilene Schools and Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum
Partner
to Celebrate the Class of '09, 100 Years Later
June 25, 2008: Tim Rives Appointed New Supervisory Archivist
May 12, 2008: Abraham Lincoln Mobile Museum visits Abilene
April 30, 2008: Kansas State history graduate students seminar
April 15, 2008: Karl Weissenbach named new Director
April 3, 2008: Baseball and the Presidency presentation by Mel Marmer
March 26, 2008: High School Historians to present results of their Research
March 12, 2008: "Don’t Ask What I Shot: How Eisenhower’s Love of Golf Helped Shape 1950s America" presentation and book signing
March 11, 2008: Receive Scrapbook of Noted Abilene Teacher Addie Over
March 10, 2008: Kansas Geographic Bee state championship
February 28, 2008: School House to White House exhibit
February 27, 2008: School to Career Program for Area Students
February 26, 2008: The Paul H. Royer Film Series
February 4, 2008: Presidential Treasures exhibit
January 11, 2008: Primarily Teaching: Original Documents and Classroom Strategies workshop
January 7, 2008: New Public Programs Specialist
2007
December 26, 2007: The President's Table:
200 Years of Dining & Diplomacy presentation
by Barry Landau
December 19, 2007: C-Span rebroadcast of "Presidential Libraries: History Uncovered"
December 17, 2007: Holiday hours of operation
November 16, 2007: The Flint Hills: A Kansas Treasure exhibit
October 11, 2007: Mamie Doud Eisenhower: The General's First Lady presentation and book signing
August 24, 2007: Herbert Brownell Memorial Lecture Series
August 2, 2007: Eisenhower Presidential Library to Co-Sponsor Events in Little Rock
May 2, 2007: Archival Access Issues symposium
April 19, 2007: High School Historians presentation
April 2, 2007: Ike’s
Final Battle: The Road to Little Rock and the Challenges of Equality presentation and book signing
March 22, 2007: Kansas Geographic Bee state championship
March 15, 2007: Annual meeting of the Kansas Association of Historians
February 20, 2007: Paul H. Royer Film Series
February 13, 2007: Primarily Teaching: Original Documents and Classroom Strategies workshop
February 8, 2007: New Presidential Timeline Web Site highlights pivotal events in 20th
century American Presidencies
January 17, 2007: The Art of Diplomacy: Gifts to Dwight D.
Eisenhower exhibit
2006
December 4, 2006: Painting and Other Hobbies of Dwight D. Eisenhower exhibit
September 25, 2006: General Richard B. Myers featured
speaker at Annual Eisenhower Foundation Dinner
September 20, 2006: Celebrating Ike's Birthday
August 28, 2006: FBI Agent Adam Angst Speaks on Terrorism
August 25, 2006: Remembering the 1940s Elderhostel
July 5, 2006: First Ladies Luncheon at the Eisenhower Center
May 18, 2006: Former WAC on Eisenhower’s staff to share recollections
May 15, 2006: WOWs!: Women Ordnance Workers of the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant exhibit
March 24, 2006: Kansas Geographic Bee state championship
February 16, 2006: Paul H. Royer Film Series
February 9, 2006: Five Star Leaders experiential-learning program
February 8, 2006: Primarily Teaching: Original Documents and
Classroom Strategies workshop
February 7, 2006: Herbert Brownell Lecture series
February 2, 2006: Eisenhower Presidential Library releases formerly secret documents
January 18, 2006: Release of new material related to Eisenhower Presidency
January 18, 2006: The Eisenhower Library opens 7,000 pages related to Civil Rights
2005
November 10, 2005: World War II Honor Roll at General Ike’s Library in Abilene
October 4, 2005: Dwight D. Eisenhower Birthday Events
August 23, 2005: Front Porch Chat with Earl Eisenhower, Jr.
August 16, 2005: Remembering the 1940s Fashion Show and Dinner
July 29, 2005: Ia Drang, Vietnam Silver Star Winner to Attend Conference
July 29, 2005: War Correspondents Program at the Eisenhower Center
July 29, 2005: Eisenhower’s Nuclear Policies and Their Legacies
June 24, 2005: New Executive Director of the
Eisenhower Foundation
May 26, 2005: Teaching American History Workshop movie series
February 22, 2005: Eisenhower Foundation appointed to U.S. Commission for the United Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
2004
October 4, 2004: Lecture by Dr.
Dennis Denenberg on the importance of heroes in the lives of young Americans
September 21, 2004: Screening of Band of Brothers movie at Eisenhower Center
September 7, 2004: The Fabulous Fifties Fashion Show and Dinner
