Executiveith, the director of the Eisenhower Foundation. It is wonderful to see such an outpouring of support from our friends of the Eisenhower Foundation and the Kansas City Public Library tonight. Our worldclass exhibits and programs are made possible by the friends of the Eisenhower Foundation and other donors. I especially want to thank one foundation for supporting the lecture series tonight. Perhaps you are aware that the Eisenhower Foundation is raising money to conduct a comprehensive exhibit renovation. It is the largest Fundraising Campaign in our foundation 73 year history, and it is the First Comprehensive exhibit renovation in more than 45 years. The new exhibits will be unveiled this summer. We have been so encouraged by the response we have received thus far, and i am pleased to of ourwe have raised 98 goal. [applause] we want to finish the campaign before june 6 so we can publicly announce this milestone to all the veterans who join us at the eisenhower president ial l
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Loss of land which limited opportunities for the unemployed. The Kansas City Library hosted this hourlong event. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Im the director of the library. It is a pleasure to welcome you here on the 125th anniversary of the birth of eisenhower. This program is part of an ongoing series about president eisenhower, and we look forward to doing more. The associate director youll hear from in a moment. This series is sponsored by the wt Kemper Foundation at commerce bank. And was the idea of my cousin. Julie, you can tell from her last name, married a frenchman. As a german family, this was difficult to take. But she is here tonight. We have welcomed her back into the family after that. Tonight, you will hear from tim reeves, the director of the Eisenhower Library about Dwight Eisenhower and the frontier. As he will point out, Dwight Eisenhower was born in 1891. When Frederick Jackson turner said in his famous thesis, essay. He said the frontier closed. Therefore,
Opportunities for the unemployed. The Kansas City Library hosted this hourlong event. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Im the director of the library. It is a pleasure to welcome you anniversary ofth the birth of eisenhower. Is part of an ongoing series about president eisenhower, and we look more forward to doing more. The director youll hear from in a moment. By theries is sponsored wt temper foundation at commerce bank. Cousin. The idea of my julie you can tell from her last name, married a frenchman. As a german family, this was difficult to take. But she is here tonight. We have welcomed her back into the family after that. Timght you will hear from reeves, the director of the Eisenhower Library about Dwight Eisenhower and the frontier. Will point out, Dwight Eisenhower was born in 1891. Frederick Jackson Turner said in his famous thesis, essay. He said the frontier closed. Therefore america changed because the frontier had made america. He talked about the west. The west of co
Left more than 60 million human beings dead, or three of every 100 people on earth. It was an event that stamped the lives of every american, especially the lives of young men and women who served in the u. S. Armed forces. World war ii called for sacrifice from every social stratum and every walk of life. An entire generation answered the call bravely, even eagerly. They understood that cherished ideals of Human Dignity and individual freedom were literally at stake. Easily more than 500,000 missouri and kansas citizens served during the war, from rural teenagers who had not finished high school to omar bradley of missouri and Dwight Eisenhower of kansas. Three of those individuals are with us tonight to share and reflect on their experiences in this terrible yet galvanizing war that ended 70 years ago this year during the presidency of harry s truman. These men need no introduction to a kansas city audience, as your welcome indicated. But they are so humble, i do want to talk a littl