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Beyond the Centennial<\/h1>\n

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To ensure the continued existence of the Society, Charles Wolf and others led efforts to increase the endowment.\u00a0\u00a0 Careful investments and receipt of some bequests bolstered the fund. \u00a0In 1987, Leroy Smith generously gave the Society the David Wills House located on the Gettysburg square.\u00a0 It was assessed at a half million dollars.\u00a0 Attorney David Wills hosted Abraham Lincoln at his home the night before he delivered the Gettysburg Address.\u00a0 While much of the building was leased out to tenants, Society Trustee Jacqueline White oversaw the Lincoln Room Museum operation to keep it open for public visitation.<\/p>\n

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Leroy Smith donates Wills House to Eisenhower Society Chairman Charlie Wolf.<\/p><\/div>\n

At one point the Wills House was to be transferred to Gettysburg College, but that did not happen.\u00a0 On December 29, 2000 the Eisenhower Society sold it to the Borough of Gettysburg a half million dollars.<\/p>\n

Also in the 1990s the Eisenhower Society began holding its annual convocations at the 5,000 seat Knott Arena of Mount St. Mary\u2019s College in Emmitsburg, Maryland.\u00a0 Schools from Adams and Franklin Counties in Pennsylvania and Frederick and Carroll Counties in Maryland were invited to participate in the program.\u00a0 The convocations continued until the mid-1990s.\u00a0 At that point, school systems began requiring that student field trips be tied directly to school curriculum.\u00a0 As educational and financial constraints inhibited student travel, the Eisenhower Society stopped hosting the annual convocations.<\/p>\n

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General Brent Scowcroft addresses crowd at Knott Arena, Mount St. Mary’s College<\/p><\/div>\n

With the death of many of the charter members of the Eisenhower Society, a new generation of leaders stepped forward to continue the Society\u2019s work.\u00a0 Jacqueline White and Walton Jones were instrumental at this time.\u00a0 The society continued to host a wreath laying commemoration at the Eisenhower statue each October and by the end of the decade, the Society began a grant program to support educational endeavors to help students and the public learn more about Eisenhower.<\/p>\n

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