Season 3, Episode 34-Dwight Eisenhower’s Tomb

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How I Spent My Summer of Presidential Travels, 2026, Part 2! – Visiting the Presidents

BONUS episode featuring my summer of presidential travels as I fit in as many birthplaces, gravesites, homes, and other sites into one history professor's summer break. My trip to New York City, through Ohio and Michigan, and heading back to Arizona Links to Previous Episodes Mentioned:Birthplaces"Martin Van Buren and Kinderhook""Ulysses Grant and Point Pleasant""Benjamin Harrison and North Bend" "Theodore Roosevelt and Manhattan" "William Howard Taft and Cincinnati" "Franklin Roosevelt and Hyde Park""John F Kennedy and Brookline""Richard Nixon and Yorba Linda"Homes"Martin Van Buren and Lindenwald""William Henry Harrison and Grouseland""Franklin Pierce and Concord""Chester Arthur and Manhattan" "Franklin Roosevelt and Warm Springs" "John F Kennedy and Hyannis Port""George Bush and Kennebunkport"Gravesites"Martin Van Buren's Tomb" "William Henry Harrison's Tomb""Franklin Pierce's Tomb""Ulysses Grant's Tomb" "Franklin Roosevelt's Tomb""Richard Nixon's Tomb" "Gerald Ford's Tomb"Support the showAlso, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! 
  1. How I Spent My Summer of Presidential Travels, 2026, Part 2!
  2. How I Spent My Summer of Presidential Travels 2026, Part 1!
  3. S3 E38 Gerald Fords Tomb
  4. S3 E37 Richard Nixon's Tomb
  5. S3 E36 Lyndon Johnson's Tomb

Be sure to listen to Dwight Eisenhower’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 1, “Dwight Eisenhower and Denison” on his birthplace!

Also, listen to Dwight Eisenhower’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 2, “Dwight Eisenhower and Gettysburg” on his home!

“I want to go; God take me,” the last words spoken by Dwight Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States, at the end of his storied life. Learn about the end of his term, his post-Presidency, death, burial, and legacy!

Dwight Eisenhower’s Final Post from the Dwight D Eisenhower Presidential Library.

Dwight D Eisenhower Presidential Library official site.

From My March 2017 Visit!

The Place of Meditation at the Eisenhower Museum and Library.
The grille at the entrance
The marble markers and plaques
Dwight Eisenhower and Mamie
In the chapel

From My May 2019 Visit!

Through the grille
The graves of Ike and Mamie
With quotes on the wall

From My January 2022 Visit!

The chapel in winter
The gravesite in the chapel
Up close with the gravesite
From the entrance
Towards the altar

From My May 2024 Visit!

Outside the chapel

The Eisenhower Memorial in Washington

The plaza of Eisenhower’s Memorial
Young Ike
General Eisenhower
President Eisenhower
In the Eisenhower Memorial

Statues of Dwight Eisenhower

Outside his Presidential Library
In Rapid City!
In the Capitol Rotunda
Outside the Kansas State Capitol
In the Capitol
Another Ike in the Capitol
Young Ike in Abilene
At his birthplace in Denison

Images from Dwight Eisenhower’s Funeral

Lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda
President Nixon laying a wreath
Funeral in National Cathedral
Internment of Dwight Eisenhower
The gravesite after Dwight’s tablet was installed

Dwight Eisenhower Gravesite: Place of Meditation, Dwight Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, 200 E. 4th Street, Abilene, Kansas.

Recommended Reading for Dwight Eisenhower

Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower: In War and Peace.
Stephen Ambrose, Eisenhower: Soldier and President.
Geoffry Perret, Eisenhower.
David Eisenhower, Going Home to Glory: A Memoir of Life with Dwight D Eisenhower, 1961-1969.

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