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Abilene museum highlights Ike's achievements

ABILENE — Dwight Eisenhower's image seemed secure when he left office 50 years ago after two terms as president. He was America's bald-headed, do-nothing, genial golfing grandpa who happened to be in charge during eight years of peace and prosperity.

Ike, the last U.S. president to be born in the 19th century, was replaced by John F. Kennedy, who brought Camelot and a full head of hair with him. The '50s became the '60s, and Eisenhower was forgotten.

"It happened the day he left office," said William Snyder, curator of the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Ike's hometown.

Still, Snyder wasn't quite prepared for a recent encounter with a young father who thought Eisenhower must have been a contemporary of Abraham Lincoln's.

"Something like only 15 percent of Americans who are alive today were alive when he was president," said Tim Rives, deputy director. "He might as well be Franklin Pierce or Chester Arthur to some of them."

To re-establish Ike's relevance to new generations, museum officials have been renovating exhibits to highlight the accomplishments of the nation's 34th president, who served from 1953 to 1961.

In June, it opened "Eisenhower: Agent of Change," chronicling the indebtedness to Ike of anybody who drives the interstate highways, surfs the Internet, follows the space program or cares about civil rights.

More changes are planned. Snyder said the museum next April will open a Smithsonian traveling exhibit called "Elvis at 21." It features photographs of Elvis Presley's first professional recording session in New York City in 1956 when he was 21 years old. It also includes letters from fans begging Ike not to draft their idol into the Army.

More renovations are planned to highlight Eisenhower's wife, Mamie, and Eisenhower's years as commander of allied forces in World War II.

Snyder plans to design the war exhibit around the original table used in the planning of D-Day, which is currently displayed in the museum. His goal is to open the new exhibit in June 2014, on the 70th anniversary of D-Day.

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Abilene museum highlights Ike's achievements
Abilene museum highlights Ike's achievements

Ike, the last US president to be born in the 19th century, was replaced by John F. Kennedy, who brought Camelot and a full head of hair with him. The '50s became the '60s, and Eisenhower was forgotten. "It happened the day he left office," said William



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