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2008 Eisenhower Academy Schedule

                                   

Sunday, July 6

AFTERNOON         

Arrival / Registration at Quarry Suites.

 

EVENING          

Dinner at Dining Hall

Reception / Social with 50’s music at The Junction in the College Union Building.

Graduate credit students meet their instructor - Dr. Michael Towle, Mount St. Mary’s University.

 

Monday, July 7

MORNING            

Overview / Objectives – Carol Hegeman, Supervisory Historian, Eisenhower NHS.

Leadership / Domestic Policy – Dr. Michael Birkner, Gettysburg College.

 

AFTERNOON

Eisenhower’s Foreign Policy – Dr. Richard Immerman, Temple University.

Eisenhower, Africa, and Liberation Movements – Dr. Van Gosse, Franklin and Marshall College.

Foreign Policy Discussion - Dr. Immerman, Dr. Gosse, Dr. Birkner.

 

EVENING          

Dinner at the Dobbin House Restaurant.

The Eisenhower White House - Mr. Bradley Patterson, Deputy Cabinet Secretary, 1954 - 1961 at the Lyceum.

 

Tuesday, July 8

MORNING        

Visit the Eisenhower National Historic Site.

National Park Service historian Carol Hegeman gives a behind-the-scenes tour and shares site related educational programs. Curator Michael Florer shows special items from the museum collection.

 

AFTERNOON       

Complete site tour and visit the bookstore.

Eisenhower and the Secret Service –John Joyce, Park Ranger, Eisenhower NHS.

Eisenhower as Leader - Susan Eisenhower

Free time to explore Gettysburg.

 

EVENING      

David Oshinsky: Polio, An American Story, at Weidensall Lobby.

 

CONT...

 


 

 

West Point cadet Eisenhower (far left) on guard duty  

Did You Know?
General Dwight D. Eisenhower would have been a sailor if born a year later. He applied to the Naval Academy in 1911, but did not meet the age requirements – he was too old. He was accepted to his second choice, the US Military Academy at West Point.

Last Updated: June 30, 2008 at 10:25 EST