Eisenhower Boyhood Home
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Eisenhower Boyhood Home
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture/vintage Film
Description
Dwight David Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, a descendent of German immigrants who came to America in 1741. His grandfather David Jacob Eisenhower moved with the Mennonites from Pennsylvania to Kansas. His parents, David and Ida Eisenhower, had just moved from Hope, Kansas because of a business recession, and David had started a job with the railroad. They had met as students at Lane University at LeCompton, Kansas. The legendary man who would lead his country in war had humble beginnings: He was born in a small house near some railroad tracks.
When Dwight was 18 months old, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where his father had accepted employment with Belle Springs Creamery. In 1898, they moved into a house David and Ida purchased from David's brother, Abraham Lincoln Eisenhower. In Abilene, Dwight earned the nickname "Ike."
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum is one of The 8 Wonders of Kansas because it tells of the remarkable lifetime achievements of Dwight D. Eisenhower, five-star General and President of the United States.
Eisenhower commanded the greatest amphibious military operation in history, the 1944 Allied invasion of Nazi controlled Western Europe. His many military achievements are interpreted superbly in the galleries at the Eisenhower Museum.
He is the only five-star General to become President of the United States. The displays interpret the highlights of his two terms (1953-1961). Significantly, his administration initiated the nation's first civil rights legislation in ninety years. He also sent Army troops when nine black students were intimidated into leaving Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas. More than any other president, Eisenhower was responsible for the Interstate Highway System. He was also so highly skilled in public relations that he seized the opportunity to become the first "television president."
Photograph made at the Eisenhower Museum in Abilene, Kansas.
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September 7th, 2013
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