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Eisenhower National Historic Site

Eisenhower's home in Gettysburg
Photo: National Park Service Public Domain

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Landmark Trivia

• Representing the states, 50 Norway Spruce trees line the main driveway. Most were given to Eisenhower as birthday presents from the Republican Party chairman of each state in 1955.
• Some of the more famous guests at the house included Nikita Khrushchev, Charles de Gaulle, Winston Churchill, and Ronald Reagan.
• The Eisenhowers ran the estate as a working cattle farm. It had a show herd of black Angus cattle.

Sources, References and External Links

• National Park Service: Eisenhower National Historic Site

Categories

• Man-Made
• National Historic Sites
• Presidential Places

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