Page 4 University Daily Kansan Friday, Nov. 12, 1954
LIMOUSINE DE LUXE—Mr. and Mrs. Eisenhower are shown here leaving the hotel for the site of the museum in their official car. The dedication took place immediately following the parade.
A Proud Person: The President's wife smiles at her husband during a ceremony yesterday in Abilene dedicating the new Eisenhower museum
Eisenhower Mementoes Constitute Much of Newly Dedicated Shrine
By STAN HAMILTON and GRETCHEN GUINN
Abilene—The $225,000 Eisenhower Memorial museum, which wa dedicated by President Eisenhower, will house more than 2,400 item worth more than $11½ million, when completed.
The President has given the foundation a major part of his collection of souvenirs, medals, mememoes, trophies, and personal tokens of honor, about one-third of which now are on display.
The museum stands on the grounds that the Eisenhower family once used as a garden. The family has deeded the home and all the grounds to the foundation. Area equalling about one city block was bought by the foundation and added to the acreage.
Ground was broken for the museum April 4, 1952, and the cornerstone was laid June 22, 1952, by the three Eisenhower brothers. The west wing was opened last April, and has been visited by about 60,000 persons.
Work on the east wing began in May. Pylons are being erected in the reflecting pool in front of the main entrance by the Kansas Daughters of the American Revolution. The foundation is supported by voluntary contributions, only.
The west wing is divided into 10 "sections." One display contains items from the early days of the family in Abilene, including a Danish candle snuffer which had been in the family about 200 years and a 1914 electric car, originally owned by John Sheldon Doud of Denver, Ike's father-in-law.
The President's days in high school, West Point, and first years of marriage are shown by displays in the second section. Featured is the uniform worn by the President when he was at West Point.
Another unit shows trophies from his days in the Philippine Islands as chief of staff under Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Another traces his career through Africa, London, and D-day.
The main attraction of a section called "VE-day," is the original document he signed, as commander of the Allied forces, to end World War I. Others in this group are two Russian medals he was awarded in 1844 and 1945, a Russian "victory banner" carried into Berlin by two Russian horsemen to give notification of the coming of the Soviet army, and a sword from Schaarbeek, Belgium, in gold and silver.
His outstanding medals shown are the original commissions from second lieutenant to five-star general, and the 12 top American medals. Many of his flags, citations and awards are with a 600-year-old Japanese sword, given him by a Prince of Saudi Arabia, in another section.
His book, "Crusade in Europe," translated into 17 languages, and the
Freedom foundation award for 1950 are in the eighth section. In the ninth are representative items given him by the foreign nations in NATO.
Finally are mementoes showing his rise from presidential nomination to inauguration.
Displays in the east wing, arranged in temporary form until it is completed, occupy only about two-thirds of the room.
Shown are objects from his first year in the White House. A 750-year-old Japanese warrior costume weighing more than 100 pounds is the most attention-getting article in another section. It was given the Matsuato Shorike, father of professional baseball in Japan.
Women might particularly enjoy two Korean dolls in colorful native dress, gifts of President Syngman Rhee of Korea to Mrs. Eisenhower, or two ivory statuettes of armored knights, presented by Dr. Ba U president of Burma.
A gift of the Peruvian president, an 1800-year-old jug, augments another display, along with autographed photographs of various rulers and dignitaries and a serapie from Mexico, showing portraits of President and Mrs. Eisenhower and President Cortines of Mexico.
In a historical section are a musket ball from Valley Forge, the manuscript of the Theodore Roosevelt's "Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter," four old Congressional Records from 1848 to 1866, and an original letter from John Adams, dated May 14, 1821.
Other items of interest are two
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In the entrance panel, which separates the two wings, is a bust of the President, presented by Ellis D. Slater of New York. The sculptor was Nison Tregor, formerly a member of Eisenhower's staff in Europe, who made it in Germany in 1945.
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DEDICATION CEREMONY—In an extemporaneous address, the President gives thanks to his parents and praise to U.S. veterans for making it possible for him and his brothers to become what they are. He is speaking from the platform directly in front of the Eisenhower
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