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Tag Archives: Mamie Eisenhower
General Ike’s Last Mission
But The General’s Health… …was not very good. He had suffered a few aches and pains and illnesses during his first six decades. But they were nothing out of the ordinary for a man his age, and with the great … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, FIrst Lady Mamie Eisenhower, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Dwight Eisenhower, General Eisenhower, General Ike, history, Ike's Doctor Howard Snyder, Ike’s burial plans, Ike’s firstborn son, Ike’s guests at Gettysburg, Ike’s house in Gettysburg, Little Icky Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Eisenhower, President Eisenhower’s heart attack, President Eisenhower’s secret trip to Denver, Presidential doctor Howard Snyder, Presidential history, US history, Vice President Richard Nixon, White House history
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Ike & Mamie ‘52: The Bathrobe Story
In 1952, Dwight D. Eisenhower was the most famous man in the country – maybe the world. Ike: Non-War Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was called Ike from boyhood. Growing up in Abilene, Kansas, he did farm chores, household chores, schoolwork, … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, “Crusade in Europe”, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, FIrst Lady Mamie Eisenhower, General Eisenhower, history, Ike and Mamie Eisenhower, Ike Eisenhower, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower, Mrs. Ike, President Harry Truman, President Ike Eisenhower, Presidential history, Presidential wives, US history, whistle-stop campaigning in 1952, White House history
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The Eisenhower Tragedy: Ikkie
Nothing pained Ike and Mamie Eisenhower more than the death of their firstborn son. The Parents Eisenhower Mamie Doud became “Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower” on July 1, 1916. She was nineteen. Surprising everyone, including herself, Mamie adapted well to army living. … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Doud Dwight Eisenhower, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Fox Connor, history, Ike Eisenhower, Ikkie Eisenhower, Ikky Eisenhower, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower, Mrs. Virginia Connor, Presidential history, the death of Ike's firstborn, the Eisenhower marriage, US history
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Ike ’52: The Best known Candidate of All
Dwight David Eisenhower was past 60 when he ran for President in 1952. Ike: Boy to Man There is virtually nothing in the early years of Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) that would point to the glories of his maturity. He … Continue reading
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Tagged "I Like Ike", American history, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisehnower, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Bernard Montgomery, General Charles deGaulle, General Dwight Eisenhower, General Eisenhower, General George C. Marshall, General George Patton, General Ike, history, Ike and NATO, Ike Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower, Mrs. Ike, President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Harry Truman, President of Columbia University, Presiential history, Secretary of War George C. Marshall, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, The Eisenhower family, the Invasion of Europe, US history, White House history, Winston Churchill
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Ike and Mamie’s First House
Mamie Doud was only nineteen when she married Second Lt. Dwight D. Eisenhower, recently graduated from West Point. The Eisenhower Bride and Groom While Mama and Papa Doud adored Ike, and would consider him their “son” for the rest of … Continue reading
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Tagged "Crusade in Europe", American history, Dwight D. Eisenhowere, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, FIrst Lady Mamie Eisenhower, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Eisenhower, General Ike, history, Ike as NATO chief, Ike Eisenhower, Ike's Gettysburg farm, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower, Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower, Mrs. General Eisenhower, Mrs. Ike, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Presidential history, The Eisenhower farm at Gettysburg, the family life of Ike and Mamie, US history, White House history
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Seasons Greetings from the Eisenhowers
No United States President took more personal interest in the annual White House Christmas cards than the Great General Ike himself. Dwight Eisenhower: The President-Artist Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969) was a man of many hobbies – poker, bridge, fishing, golf – … Continue reading
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Tagged "Mamie" bangs, American history, Christmas at the White House, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Eisenhower Christmas cards, Eisenhower Christmas gifts, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady History, General Ike, history, Ike Eisenhower, Ike's paintings, Joyce C. Hall, Mamie Eisenhower, President Eisenhower, Presidential history, White House Christmas Cards, White House history
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