PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 08/14/1953 - HFSID 4838
Price: $1,200.00
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
The new President congratulates Fort Loudon, Pennsylvania on its
sesquicentennial celebration.
Typed Letter Signed: "Dwight D. Eisenhower" as
President, 1p, 6¾x8¾. On White House stationery, but written from Denver,
Colorado, 1953 August 14. To Mrs. William C. Rea, Secretary, Fort Loudon
[Pennsylvania] Sesquicentennial Committee. In full: "I am delighted to
send best wishes to all of you on the happy occasion marking the one hundred
fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the village of Fort Loudon. The spirited
self-reliance which you have exhibited in preserving the memory of your past is
one that I hope will inspire other communities also to keep alive the traditions
which have made this Nation great. I trust that the Sesquicentennial celebration
will be enjoyed and long remembered by all. Sincerely," Twenty-nine years
after his West Point graduation (1915), Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)
received his fifth star and the rank of General of the Army (December 20,
1944). Only the year before, he had been appointed Supreme Commander of the
Allied Expeditionary Forces (January 1944) and placed in command of the
Normandy invasion, "Operation Overlord". An experienced leader, "Ike" had
commanded the U.S. Army in Europe from June 1942 to December 1943, during
which time he had directed the invasions of North Africa (November 1942) and
Sicily (July-August 1943). On May 7, 1945, Eisenhower accepted the
unconditional surrender of Germany at Rheims. During his two terms as
34th U.S. President (1953-1961), Eisenhower presented his famous "Atoms for
Peace" plan to the United Nations (December 1953), issued the Eisenhower
Doctrine, which provided aid to Middle-Eastern countries threatened by Communist
aggression (January 1957), and dispatched troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to
enforce students' civil rights (September 1957). Eisenhower's rank of
Five-Star General of the Army was restored in 1961, two months after his
presidential term ended. Creased. Light type transfer at lower
margin.
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