The Eisenhowers in Gettysburg

Dwight Eisenhower, Painter-in-Chief? That's right, in addition to being a soldier, a general, and President of the United States, Dwight Eisenhower was also a painter. In 1948, at the age of fifty-eight-years-old, Eisenhower took up painting as a hobby. With a lifetime of stresses and pressures, Eisenhower turned to canvas and easels to ease his troubles and find relaxation. Explore this fascinating side of our 34th President in this article.

Discover the story of how Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower's Gettysburg home became Eisenhower National Historic Site in this adaptation from the Eisenhower NHS administrative history.

While America ramped up to fight in World War I, Captain Dwight D. Eisenhower trained troops here in a new form of warfare that changed the battlefield forever.

Dwight Eisenhower was many things--a general, a president, and a statesman. He was also a farmer. Learn more about Ike's passion for agriculture, his Black Angus cattle herd, and his beloved Gettysburg farm.

Throughout Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency, the Secret Service was a regular fixture at his personal residence and farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Once he retired, the Secret Service left, as former presidents at the time were not given lifetime protection. President Kennedy's assassination in 1963 changed Secret Service protection for presidents and former presidents forever.

In 1957, Dwight Eisenhower and Bernard Montgomery--two great generals of the Second World War--toured the Gettysburg battlefield together. Discover how these two twentieth century commanders struggled with the memory and legacy of this nineteenth century battle in this article.

Dwight Eisenhower was a man of many interests, passions, and hobbies. He had a well-publicized love of golf, a deep affinity for painting, and was quite the card player as well. While these passions emerged in Eisenhower’s adulthood, there is one interest he maintained as a hobby from his early boyhood until his final days: reading. This article explores Eisenhower's love of books and his personal library in his Gettysburg home.

Explore the changing role of the First Ladies through an examination of the lives of Frances Cleveland, Mamie Eisenhower and Rosalynn Carter.

Unlike many people with demanding and difficult jobs, Ike had many hobbies such as golf, bridge, painting, raising black angus show cows, hunting, fishing, shooting, and enjoying all things Western. His hobbies allowed him to manage the stress and strain of the most challenging and mentally strenuous job in the world.

Pat Nixon and Mamie Eisenhower had a friendship as unique as this gift, a fabric eyeglasses case which is now in the Eisenhower National Historic Site museum collection. Learn more about this fascinating friendship and unique gift, one you can make your own version of at home!