The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission is in the planning stages of creating an enduring Eisenhower National Memorial in our nation’s capital. We have established this website to invite the American people to participate in this momentous effort to honor Ike’s lifetime of public service. Of interest to researchers would be The Eisenhower Presidential Papers online.
Eisenhower National Historic Site
Eisenhower National Historic Site is the presidential and retirement home of Dwight D. and Mamie Eisenhower. Purchased by the Eisenhowers in 1950, the 189 acre farm sported a show herd of Angus cattle and served as a presidential retreat, temporary White House, and meeting place for world leaders. Located adjacent to the Gettysburg Battlefield, the site today comprises 690 acres and is still maintained as a working farm.
Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site
The birthplace of Dwight. D. Eisenhower in Denison, Texas features the Birthplace Home, visitors center, a covered pavilion, restrooms, and an education building. The park offers picnicking, limited hiking trails and landscaped grounds. The visitors center contains information and displays related to the late president’s life.
The Eisenhower Foundation
The Eisenhower Foundation's mission is to honor Dwight D. Eisenhower and to perpetuate his important legacy; to encourage and support educational activities relating to citizenship; and to support the non-federally funded operation of the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum. Your membership by joining others in the Friends of the Eisenhower Foundation will play a key role in celebrating the life of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The Eisenhower Center for American Studies, The University of New Orleans
The mission of the Eisenhower Center is the study of the causes, conduct, and consequences of American national security policy and the use of force as an instrument of policy in the twentieth century.
This period coincides with the life (1890-1969) and public career (1911-1961) of General-President Dwight D. Eisenhower and includes three major historical epochs: the extension of American power beyond North America, 1898-1916; the collapse of European hegemony, 1914-1945, and the two world wars; and the US-USSR rivalry of the Cold War and the process of global decolonization.
The Eisenhower Center Studies on War and Peace series, Louisiana State University Press
Government Websites:
Presidential Libraries
National Archives & Records Administration
Presidential Timeline
The White House
Local Attractions and Information:
Abilene Convention and Visitors Bureau
