Eisenhower’s Birthday Commemoration Photo Gallery
Welcome friends to our photo gallery of previous Eisenhower’s Birthday Commemorations!
We are blessed to honor Dwight D. Eisenhower annually on or near his birthday.
Each year, we will post the pictures, and some information, from that event on this page.
Please note: There was no birthday celebration in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic
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2019 Eisenhower Society Birthday Commemoration
On Saturday, October 12, 2019 the Society held it’s 50th commemoration of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s birth. At 11:15 a.m. a short program, scholarship presentations, and a wreath laying at the Eisenhower statue were held at the Eisenhower House, President Eisenhower’s retirement office at Gettysburg College.
Following the wreath laying, the Eisenhower Society enjoyed a fabulous buffet luncheon at the Historic Dobbin House, 89 Steinwehr Avenue, Gettysburg. Our luncheon speaker was Dr. Michael S. Neiburg, Professor of History and Chair of War Studies at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. His published work specializes on the First and Second World Wars in global context. The Wall Street Journal named his Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of World War I (Harvard University Press) one of the five best books ever written about that war. In October 2016 Oxford University Press published his Path to War, a history of American responses to the Great War in Europe, 1914-1917, and in July 2017 Oxford published his Concise History of the Treaty of Versailles. In 2018 he was awarded the Médaille d’Or du Rayonnement Culturel from La Renaissance Française, an organization founded by French President Raymond Poincaré in 1915 to keep French culture alive during the First World War. He is now at work on a book on US relations with Vichy France, 1940-1942.
Dr. Neiburg’s talk was entitled After the Beaches: Eisenhower and the Road to Paris. He covered the controversies, most of them forgotten today, over America’s, and specifically Eisenhower’s, role in the liberation of Paris.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower Society
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Gettysburg, PA 17325
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2019 Eisenhower Society Birthday Commemoration Photos
Trustee Paul Shevchuk Welcomes Guests to the Commemorative Program
Vice Chairman Walt Jones Reads an Excerpt from “Mandate for Change”
Trustee Priscilla Roberts Presents the J. Milnor Roberts ROTC Award to Kenneth McCracken
Priscilla Pins an “I Like Ike” Button on Kenneth’s Lapel
President Jacqueline White Presents the Eisenhower Society Robert M. Hoffman Family Memorial Trust Scholarships
Jackie Poses with Grace McNamara and Matthew Semon, two of the four scholarship awardees.
Trustee Michael McGough Reads Part of Eisenhower’s Farewell Address to the Audience
The American Legion Post 202 Color Guard and Bugler John Murphy Led the Attendees to the Eisenhower Statue
Walt Jones and Jackie White place the wreath.
Walt Jones, Jackie White, Kenneth McCracken, Priscilla Roberts, Matthew Semon, Society Chairman General Lessey and Grace McNamara Pose with Ike
A Large Group Attended Lunch at the Dobbin House
General Lessey Enjoys a Birthday Cake and Card Shower for his 96th Birthday
The General Was Especially Tickled to Share His Birthday Cake with General Eisenhower
Our Luncheon Speaker Was Dr. Michael Neiberg, Professor of History at the Army War College
Dr. Neiberg’s Talk, “After the Beaches: Eisenhower and the Road to Paris,” Was Enjoyed by All.
2018 Eisenhower Society Birthday Commemoration Photos
The Eisenhower Statue at its new location outside the Eisenhower House, Gettysburg College.
A plaque recognizes the Eisenhower Society’s work.
Vice President Ton Ten Barge emcees the program.
American Legion Post #202 posts the colors.
Trustee Priscilla Roberts presents the Major Gen. J. Milnor Roberts Outstanding ROTC student award.
President Jacqueline White presents the scholarship awardees.
Trustee Duane Williams reads from Eisenhower’s book, “Waging Peace.”
The Eisenhower Statue sculpted by Professor Norman Annis stands on its new plaza with landscaping.
Brig. Gen Lessey and Priscilla Roberts pose with the outstanding ROTC awardees.
President Jackie White stands with the Eisenhower Society scholarship students.
President Jackie White presents certificates of appreciation to retiring board members Kib Roulette and John Donovan.
Dr. Ed Lengel shares stories of the Eisenhowers in the White House.