Eisenhower's Home

Near the Gettysburg National Park is the only home that was owned by President Eisenhower and his wife Mamie. Eisenhower rose to prominence, having gone to West Point and then moving up and through the ranks to become the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, commanding the invasion of Europe and directing the invasion of Normandy in WWII. He was US President prior to Kennedy up to 1961 (for my friends at York U. he was President of Columbia University in 1948, until he became President in 1952. ) He and his wife bought this farm as a retirement place, but he hosted numerous world leaders including Churchill, DeGaul, Neru, and many others (including very surprisingly General Montgomery...who simply arrived at the farm uninvited...) and took them all up the road pictured in the photo to see his show barn with prized Angus cattle. He took them on tours of the Gettysburg battleground. We toured the house....there's Bev at the front door.