Eisenhower National Historic Site - Gettysburg PA
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N 39° 47.637 W 077° 15.780
18S E 306242 N 4407337
Having served in the Gettysburg area as a young officer, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and his wife Mamie returned and purchased this Gettysburg farm in 1950 as a retirement home.
Waymark Code: WM6G6K
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 05/29/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
Views: 16

** The coordinates are for the Eisenhower Historic site but visits can only be made by a shuttle bus leaving from the Gettysburg National Military Park Visitor Center about 1-1/2 miles south of Gettysburg at 1195 Baltimore Pike. There is a fee for the shuttle. See the Eisenhower NHS website for hours and further information.**

President Eisenhower first visited Gettysburg when studying the battlefield as a West Point cadet in 1915. During the First World War, he was appointed commander of Camp Colt, the US Army Tank Corps Training Center bringing him again to Gettysburg. After a long military career attaining the rank of five star general, the General and his wife chose Gettysburg as the place where they wished to retire. They bought this farm next to the Gettysburg Battlefield in 1950. Eisenhower was elected president in 1952, and he and Mamie used the farm as a respite from Washington and to entertain both friends and world leaders.
In 1961, the President and his wife retired to the farm. The President would work at his office at Gettysburg College, and he and Mamie would often visit in town to dine, shop or take in movies. President Eisenhower died in 1969. Mamie stayed at her home on the farm until her death in 1979. The Eisenhowers donated the property to the National Park Service in 1967, and the Historic Site was opened to visitors in 1980.


Street address:
US Route 15
Gettysburg , PA USA
17325


County / Borough / Parish: Adams County, PA

Year listed: 1967

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Home of General and President Dwight D Eisenhower

Periods of significance: 1950 - 1979

Historic function: Home of a US President

Current function: Historic Site and Museum

Privately owned?: no

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

Visit Instructions:
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