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Gettysburg Celebrates Eisenhower

May 1st, 2024 by WCBC Radio

While Gettysburg is well-known for its Civil War history, this weekend the National Park Service is taking a look at a US President besides Abraham Lincoln that spent time in the area.  Park Ranger Dan Vermilya explains the interactive living history weekend planned for this Saturday and Sunday around World War 1 and the nation’s 34th president…

   

President Dwight Eisenhower was impressed enough by Gettysburg to make a permanent home there with wife Mamie…