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Heading to the Lone Star State for our first trip, to Dension, and the birthplace of World War II hero and 34th President, Dwight Eisenhower! Learn about his family’s hardscrabble life in Texas and Kansas, his close relationship with his siblings, and how a change of fortune with his education brought him to lead the Allied Forces in World War II!
We will also explore what happened to Dwight’s birthplace in Denison and his childhood in Abilene!
Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site official page.
Eisenhower Birthplace from the National Park Service.
The Eisenhower Birthplace celebrating its 75th Anniversary in 2021!
From my May 2017 Visit!
Dwight Eisnhower’s birthplace 
At the Eisenhower Birthplace! 
Bust of Dwight 
Nearby statue of Dwight 
The general staring down 
Dwight and me 
Birthplace marker 
The old railroad tracks by Eisenhower’s birthplace
Dwight Eisenhower’s Childhood Home in Abilene
The Eisenhowers, as a young, and older, family
Interior Photo, from Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site, showing his birth room 
The dining room and kitchen
Dwight Eisenhower Birthplace: 609 S Lamar Ave, Denison, Texas.
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