Eisenhower National Historic Site
The
Eisenhower National Historic Site is the home and farm of
American General and President
Dwight D. Eisenhower and
Mamie Doud Eisenhower.
Located adjacent to the
Gettysburg battlefield in the state of
Pennsylvania, the farm served as a weekend retreat for the President and a meeting place for world leaders and was the Eisenhowers' home after they left the White House in 1961. With its putting green, skeet range, and view of South Mountain, it offered President Eisenhower a much-needed respite from the pressures of
Washington. It was also a successful cattle operation, with a show herd of black
Angus cattle.
Some of the more notable of Eisenhower's guests were Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev, President
Charles de Gaulle, Prime Minister
Winston Churchill, and Governor
Ronald Reagan.
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Eisenhower's home in Gettysburg |
A row of fifty
Norway Spruce trees lines the main driveway leading to the farm. These trees represent the fifty states of the
United States and were given to Eisenhower as birthday presents from each of the state
Republican Party chairmen in
1955.
The Eisenhower National Historic Site is open daily from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, except for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. The home, grounds, barns and cattle operation are available for public tours. Visitors may reach the site via a shuttle bus which departs from the
Gettysburg National Military Park Visitor Center.
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National Park Service: Eisenhower National Historic Site*
Secondary National Park Service site.
