Eisenhower National Historic Site

excellent, I love this jacket, everything i wanted in a jacket; lightweight but heavy enough to handle this new global warming "winter".i just hope November drops below 70 degrees so I can wear it!!! Product Description The Popular Dickies Lined Eisenhower Jacket features the distinctive slash front pockets.This jacket also includes a pencil pocket on left sleeve and heavy duty brass zipper front closure. Fine tune the fit with adjustable tabs at the waistband. (7 1/2 oz. Vat Dyed Twill, 65% Fortrel(r) Polyester/35% Combed Cotton, Nylon Taffeta Quilt Lined with Polyurethane Foam). Long size has sleeves and body 2" longer. Click Here to see ... Read Full Story

The man most credited with the addition of those words, the Reverend George MacPherson Docherty, died this past Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 2008, at the age of 97. The words, "under God," were added to the Pledge of Allegiance by Act of Congress, and signed by President Eisenhower, on Flag Day, June 14, 1954. Although the Knights of Columbus had been pushing for addition of these two words for a couple of years, the event that prompted this change was a sermon delivered by the pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC, the Reverend George MacPherson Docherty, on Sunday, February ... Read Full Story

Chicago, IL (RUSHPRNEWS) July 30, 2008 – Senator Obama today released the following statement on the 50th Anniversary of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s signing of the legislation that created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): “Fifty years ago, President Eisenhower officially created the NASA space program, capturing the imagination of generations and inspiring Americans to think [...] Read Full Story

The Popular Dickies Lined Eisenhower Jacket features the distinctive slash front pockets. This jacket also includes a pencil pocket on left sleeve and heavy duty brass zipper front closure. Fine tune the fit with adjustable tabs at the waistband. (7 1/2 oz. Vat Dyed Twill, 65% Fortrel(r) Polyester/35% Combed Cotton, Nylon Taffeta Quilt Lined with Polyurethane Foam). Long size has sleeves and body 2″ longer. Price: N/A Read Full Story

The US has has concerns about nuclear proliferation and loose nukes. It remains the only country that actually has used nukes and thought about using nukes on China, Vietnam and even Iraq. Monday, May. 05, 2008 US Considered Nukes Against China By AP/BARRY SCHWEID (WASHINGTON) — President Dwight D. Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in the summer of 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China if communist forces blockaded the Taiwan Strait, according to declassified Air Force documents. Eisenhower "made it clear that the Chinese would be given a warning with conventional explosives before he would authorize dropping of ... Read Full Story