busyEisenhower became a five-star general in the United States Army and the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. During World War II, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, with responsibility for planning and supervising the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45, from the Western Front. In 1951, he became the first supreme commander of NATO.
Eisenhower entered the 1952 presidential race and won by a landslide, defeating Democrat Adlai Stevenson. As President, Eisenhower concluded negotiations with China to end the Korean War. He maintained pressure on the Soviet Union during the Cold War, gave priority to inexpensive nuclear weapons and reduced the other forces to save money. On the domestic front Eisenhower enlarged the Social Security, and signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. He was the first term-limited president in accordance with the 22nd Amendment. His two terms were peaceful, and generally prosperous except for a sharp economic recession in 1958–59. Historians typically rank Eisenhower among the ten greatest U.S. presidents.
My significant other is from Kansas and so I've been to see the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene three times. Behind the cut are some pictuires from my first trip there.
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2. The museum grounds
3. Some of Ike's old uniforms from West Point
4. A picture of a young Ike and Mamie
5. Ike the General
6-9. Murals from the entrance to the museum.
10. The statute of Ike in the middle of the grounds.
11. The museum.
12-13. The momument at the end of the grounds.
14. The library.
15. Ike's official portrait inside the library.
16-21. The Eisenhowers' resting place, inside the chapel.
