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U.S. Medal of Freedom President Dwight David Eisenhower
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U.S. Medal of Freedom President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower, left, and Sen. Richard Nixon of California, 1952 Republican nominees for president and vice president, enjoy a good laugh at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, July 12, 1952. Eisenhower went on to win the presidency.
October 14, 1890 to March 28, 1969
Main Events of the Dwight David Eisenhower Presidency, 1953-61 March 5, 1953 Death of Josef Stalin, Premier of the Soviet Union.
March 12, 1953 The Department of Health, Education and Welfare is created.
July 27, 1953 U.S. and North Korea sign armistice at Panmunjon. The 38th parallel is established as boundary between North and South Korea.
Aug. 19-22, 1953 Leftist government of Premier Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran is ousted and replaced with regime loyal to Shah Pahlevi.
Dec. 8, 1953 Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech at the United Nations proposing an international atomic energy agency and peaceful development of nuclear energy.
1953-54 Senator Joseph McCarthy, chairman of the Senate Permanent Investigation Subcommittee, conducts hearings on communist subversion in America and investigates communist infiltration of the Armed Forces.
April 26-July 21, 1954 Geneva Conference on Indochina results in Geneva Accords partitioning Vietnam at the 17th Parallel and provides for unifying elections in two years.
May 7, 1954 French garrison at Dien Bien Phu surrenders to the Viet Minh.
May 17, 1954 Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education, Supreme Court rules that segregated schools are "inherently unequal."
1955 A vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk is introduced to combat the spread of poliomyelitis.
July 1955 Eisenhower attends the Geneva Four Power Conference and submits his "Open Skies" proposal allowing mutual air reconnaissance over military installations.
Dec. 5, 1955 A boycott of city buses led by Martin Luther King, Jr. begins in Montgomery, AL. It lasts for 54 weeks.
June 29, 1956 Federal highway bill is signed authorizing funds for the interstate highway system.
Oct.-Nov. 1956 Suez Canal Crisis. Israel invades Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula, and British and French forces attack Egyptian bases around the Suez Canal.
Oct.-Nov. 1956 Armed revolt in Budapest, Hungary is crushed by Russian armed forces.
Jan. 10-11, 1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference is formed by Martin Luther King, Jr. and 60 others.
March 20, 1957 Bermuda Conference is held with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
July 1, 1957 The opening of the International Geophysical Year, a joint effort by scientists of 60 nations.
Sept. 9, 1957 The President signs the 1957 Civil Rights Act which seeks to protect voting rights.
Sept. 1957 Little Rock, Arkansas desegregation crisis. Federal troops are sent to enforce integration of Little Rock High School.
Oct. 4, 1957 Soviet Union launches first earth satellite, Sputnik, into orbit.
Jan. 31, 1958 First U.S. satellite, Explorer I, is sent into orbit.
July 15, 1958 Eisenhower orders U.S. Marines into Lebanon at the request of President Camille Chamoun.
July 29, 1958 Eisenhower signs bill creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Sept. 2, 1958 President Eisenhower signs the National Defense Education Act, providing loans for college students and funds to encourage young people to enter teaching careers.
Nov. 1958 to early 1959 Khrushchev indicates that he plans to sign an early peace treaty with East Germany and he calls on the western powers to withdraw their forces from West Berlin. The Big Four meet to discuss Berlin and German reunification.
Jan. 1, 1959 Fidel Castro's guerilla forces overthrow the Batista regime in Cuba.
Jan. 3, 1959 Alaska becomes the 49th state.
April 25, 1959 St. Lawrence Seaway opens.
Aug. 21, 1959 Hawaii become the 50th state.
Sept. 15-27, 1959 Premier Khrushchev visits the U.S.
May 1, 1960 A U-2 reconnaissance plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers is shot down over the U.S.S.R.
May 16, 1960 The Paris Summit meeting collapses when Khrushchev demands an apology from President Eisenhower for the U-2 flights.
1960 The Congo (Zaire) becomes independent from Belgium on June 30, 1960 and widespread violence leads to intervention by U.N. troops.
Nov. 8, 1960 Sen. John F. Kennedy defeats Vice President Richard M. Nixon in presidential election.
January 17, 1961 President Eisenhower delivers Farewell Address warning the nation of the "Military- Industrial Complex."
Death and Funeral
President Dwight D. Eisenhower died on March 28, 1969 at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. His body was transferred to Gawler Funeral Home for burial preparation.
March 29, 1969
11 AM
The body arrived at Bethlehem Chapel, Washington National Cathedral, with honor escort of generals and admirals. After a brief ceremony for family, honor guard and honorary civilian pall bearers, the body laid in repose for 28 hours.
March 30, 1969
3 PM
The casket carried from Chapel to hearse. Cortege moved to 16th and Constitution Avenue, where the casket was placed on a caisson.
3:30 PM
The funeral procession moved down Constitution Avenue to the Capitol for ceremony, musical honors and a 21 gun salute. Inside the Capitol rotunda, eulogy delivered by President Richard Nixon, a presidential wreath placed by casket and the body to lie in state until the following morning.
5 PM
Public admitted to Capitol rotunda to file past casket.
March 31, 1969
4 PM
Casket carried to hearse for return to Washington National Cathedral
4:30 PM
- Arrival ceremony at Cathedral's North Transept, followed by Episcopal funeral service in Cathedral attended by 2, 107 persons admitted by ticket.
5 PM
Casket placed in hearse for trip to Union Station.
April 2, 1969
Arrival of funeral train in Abilene, Kansas
10:30 AM
The funeral in Abilene took place on the grounds of the Eisenhower Center. The service began on the steps of the Eisenhower Library and concluded inside the Place of Meditation, the chapel where Eisenhower is buried. Located across from the Eisenhower Home is the final resting place of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States. In November 1979 Mamie Doud Eisenhower was interred in the building. The Eisenhower's first born son, Doud Dwight was interred in 1966. The Place of Meditation was built with private funds under the auspices of the Eisenhower Presidential Library Commission.
Other outstanding elements of the interior design of the building are the richly colored windows, the Travertine marble wall panels, the walnut woodwork, and the large embroidered hanging, which carries the words of the prayer that President Eisenhower wrote for his first Inaugural Address, on January 20, 1953. There is a meditation portion of the building where, according to General Eisenhower's wishes, it was hoped that visitors would reflect upon the ideals that made this a great nation and pledge themselves again to continued loyalty to those ideals.
Casket - $80 government issue requested by Eisenhower the only difference between his casket and those furnished for any soldier buried by the Army is an inner glass seal that cost an extra $115. It was lined with tailored eggshell crepe.
Vault - bronze and cement both DDE and MDE graves are covered with a marble slab
Markers - 11 3/4" x 8" x 3/4" bronze
Marker Inscriptions :
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
BORN OCTOBER 14, 1890
DIED MARCH 28, 1969
DOUD DWIGHT EISENHOWER
BORN SEPTEMBER 24, 1917
DIED JANUARY 2, 1921
MAMIE DOUD EISENHOWER
BORN NOVEMBER 14, 1896
DIED NOVEMBER 1, 1979
General Dwight D. Eisenhower was buried in his World War II uniform. It consists of "pink" trousers and the green "IKE" jacket that he made famous. Although he was one of the most decorated military men in history, his uniform had only the following medals: Army Distinguished Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Navy Distinguished Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit.
There were four gun salutes during the Eisenhower funeral ceremonies.
1. When the body was taken to the Capitol, a saluting battery (1 officer and 13 enlisted me) fired a 21 gun salute at 5 second intervals.
2. When the body arrived at Union Station, saluting battery (1 officer, 13 enlisted men) fired a 21 gun salute beginning when the hearse entered Delaware Avenue with the last shot fired as hearse stopped at entrance at Union Station.
3. Before benediction in Place of Meditation, six howitzers manned by 2 officers and 36 enlisted men delivered a 21 gun salute.
4. After benediction, a firing party (8 members) discharged three volleys.
Honorary Pall Bearers
Washington, DC
General Omar Bradley
Admiral Arthur Radford
General Lauris Norstad
Edgar Eisenhower
Milton Eisenhower
General J. Lawton Collins
General Wade H. Haislip
General Alfred M. Gruenther
M/Sgt. John Moaney
Col. G. Gordon Moore
Honorary Pall Bearers
Abilene, Kansas
Edgar Eisenhower
Milton Eisenhower*
General Omar Bradley
General J. Lawton Collins
General Lauris Norstad
General Wade H. Haislip
General Alfred M. Gruenther
General Leonard Heaton
Admiral George W. Anderson
Admiral Lewis Strauss
Col. G. Gordon Moore
M/Sgt. John Moaney
*Milton Eisenhower became ill and was hospitalized. General Andrew Goodpaster substituted for him as an honorary pall bearer.
Special Honor Guard in Abilene
Major General Linton S. Boatwright, Commanding General of the 24th Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas
Major General B. G. Owens, Jr., Assistant Chief of Staff United States Marine Corps
Major General J. T. Robbins, Commanding General of the Twelfth Air Force, Austin, Texas
Rear Admiral H. A. Renken, Commandant of the Ninth Naval District, Cleveland, Ohio
Rear Admiral R. R. Waesche, Commander of the Second Coast Guard District, St. Louis, Missouri
Eulogy delivered by President Richard Nixon at the Capitol Rotunda March 30, 1969
Washington Cathedral Funeral Service, March 31, 1969 Washington, D.C.
Prayers and Readings Washington Cathedral Funeral Service, March 31, 1969 Washington, D.C.
Funeral Service, April 2, 1969 Abilene, Kansas
Memorial Service, April 2, 1969 Palm Desert, California
Burial Service Abilene, Kansas
Music Played at the Funeral of Dwight D. Eisenhower March 31 and April 2, 1969
Photographs March 31 and April 2, 1969
For more information on Presidential Funerals visit the webpage of the Military District of Washington at http://www.mdw.army.mil/
U.S. Medal of Freedom President Dwight D. Eisenhower Tribute - Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme Allied commander, Broadcasts D-Day invasion order
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th U.S. president, Announces the signing of the Korean War armistice
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th U.S. president, On the Salk polio vaccine
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th U.S. president, On the Suez Canal Crisis
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th U.S. president, On the Middle East
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th U.S. president, Proclaims Alaska the 49th state
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th U.S. president, On the second Berlin crisis
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th U.S. president, Proclaims Hawaii the 50th state
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th U.S. president, Welcomes Soviet Premier Khrushchev to the U.S.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th U.S. president, Returns from canceled four-powers summit meeting
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th U.S. president, Gives first speech bounced off a satellite
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th U.S. president, Delivers farewell address
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, former U.S. president, Dedicates Dulles International Airport
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, former U.S. president, On the imperatives for world peace
The casket bearing the remains of the late General Eisenhower rests in state in Bethlehem Chapel at the Washington National Cathedral as members of the Joint Honor Guard maintain a Death Watch. March 29, 1969
The casket bearing the remains of the late President Dwight Eisenhower rests in state in Bethlehem Chapel at the Washington National Cathedral as members of the Joint Honor Guard maintain a Death Watch. March 29, 1969
The public lined up outside the church.
The funeral cortege pauses at Sixteenth and Constitution Avenue and the remains of General Eisenhower are transferred from the hearse to the horse-drawn caisson. 30 March 1969
President Richard M. Nixon places a wreath at the casket in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. March 30, 1969
President Charles DeGualle of France pays his respects to the late General Eisenhower at the Rotunda of the Capitol. March 30, 1969
A 21 gun salute is fired as the funeral cortege approaches the Capitol Plaza. March 30, 1969
The public pays their last respects in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. March 30, 1969
Funeral Services at the Eisenhower Center, Abilene, Kansas. April 2, 1969
The ceremonial folding of the flag.
Biographical Eisenhower Fact Sheet Dwight D. Eisenhower's signature Dwight D. Eisenhower's Funeral Service Presidential Years Eisenhower Administration Fact Sheet 1952 Election 1956 Election The National Interstate Highway System
Atoms For Peace World War II In Memory of World War II D-Day Statement: Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen USMA Class of 1915 Generals
Miscellaneous U. S. Army's 1919 Transcontinental Motor Convoy
Eisenhower Residences Presidential Pets First Family Favorites
Foods | Music | Motto | Colors | Bible Passages | Books | Flowers | Pets | Trivia
Eisenhower's Hobbies: Sports | Painting | Cooking
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
The Speeches of Dwight D. Eisenhower Selected Speeches
Audiovisual Archives
Presidential Libraries Online
NARA Archival Research Catalog ARC
ARC is the online catalog of NARA's nationwide holdings in the Washington, DC area, Regional Archives, and Presidential Libraries. The ARC catalog can be used to search by media type and by subject. ARC's advanced functionalities also allow you to search by organization, person, or topic.
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/cg&csa/CG-TOC.htm
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