President Eisenhower’s Birthday Party in Hershey

Posted by on May 8, 2015 in | Comments Off on President Eisenhower’s Birthday Party in Hershey Most Americans preparing to vote in the 1952 presidential election were eager for the Korean War (1950-53) to end. As the campaign neared its conclusion, Republican Party candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) declared, “If elected, I shall go to Korea.” This pledge stirred hopes that he would find a way to end the fighting quickly. The nation elected the legendary World War II...
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