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To: EternalVigilance

I’ve been to the Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, KS a couple of times. The two things I recall were 1) that he did very poorly academically at West Point because all he cared about was football. His leadership skills grew after college, through his Army assignments and training programs he attended.
2) The little chapel where he and Mamie are buried is completely empty of reference to any faith. There are stained glass windows, but in their extreme effort to avoid favoring one religion over another, they ended up with a space that has a distinctly non-sacred feel. Makes me think Eisenhower was kind of a Deist— a believer in God’s Providence, but not too specific after that.

Personally, my favorite thing about Eisenhower is the Interstate Highway system. I think it’s important infrastructure that helps keep people free to travel whether they are rich or poor. Also, did he do the GI Bill, or was that Truman?


20 posted on 11/09/2010 6:38:32 AM PST by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: married21

Neither, actually. Roosevelt signed it into law in 1944 before he died.


23 posted on 11/09/2010 6:41:09 AM PST by EternalVigilance (Many have been foolish enough to bet against America. In the long run, they've all lost.)
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