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Honor Ike’s legacy in Gettysburg, Pa.
01-05-2011
January marks 50th anniversary of Eisenhower’s farewell from the White House
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – January 5, 2010
As the nation remembers the farewell address of one of its most popular presidents on Jan. 18, Gettysburg invites you to learn more about Dwight D. Eisenhower’s life after the presidency with a visit to the Eisenhower National Historic Site.
Along with Gettysburg College’s Eisenhower Institute, the Newseum in Washington, D.C., will host a panel discussion on Eisenhower’s famous speech when he left office 50 years ago after serving two terms as president.
After that speech, he retired to Gettysburg, Pa., at the only home he ever owned. Years earlier, after World War II, he and Mamie purchased a farm adjacent to Gettysburg’s Civil War battlefield. Six years after Eisenhower’s retirement, the former first couple donated the farm to the National Park Service, and following Mamie’s death in 1980, the farm opened up to the public as the Eisenhower National Historic Site.
The farm in Gettysburg provided Eisenhower with a much-needed respite from the pressures of Washington. It served as both a weekend retreat and a meeting place for leaders from around the world, including Nikita Khrushchev, Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchhill.
Today, the Eisenhower NHS includes the Eisenhower home, the barns used for Ike’s angus cattle herd, a putting green, skeet range, many of the former president’s vehicles, and hundreds of acres of open ground. The historic site attracts thousands of visitors each year to get a glimpse into Dwight and Mamie’s modest – but sometimes eccentric – lifestyle.
During their time in Gettysburg, the Eisenhowers would often visit local restaurants, the Majestic Theater and Gettysburg Presbyterian Church. Dwight even used a building on the campus of Gettysburg College to write his memoirs. That school is now home to the Eisenhower Institute, an organization that addresses issues of public policy.
For more information on the Eisenhower National Historic Site, visit www.nps.gov, or call the Gettysburg Convention & Visitors Bureau at (800) 337-5015.
The Gettysburg Convention & Visitors Bureau, the official tourism promotion agency, markets Gettysburg – Adams County as a premier travel destination, producing a positive economic impact.
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