The former World War II general and soon to be retired commander-in-chief gives his farewell address to the American public.
President Eisenhower discusses limiting government activism and warns Americans against "the fatal materialism that plagues our age."
Read the president's address focused on foreign policy that critiques war as a means of settling international differences.
Excerpts from Eisenhower's letters home to his wife, Mamie, during World War II.
Eisenhower's son, John Eisenhower, and historians shed light on allegations and politics.
Eisenhower vigorously maintained an air of optimistic dignity, regardless of the crisis at hand.
The president refused to denounce McCarthy until the senator set out to expose communists within the U.S. Army.
Eisenhower believed that active U.S. engagement in world affairs was the best means of containging communism.
While refusing to comment publicly on Brown v. Board of Education, Eisenhower made it clear that he would uphold the Constitution.Â
During nearly 30 years of military service, he had waited for an opportunity to lead men on the field of battle.
Professor Barbie Zelizer spoke to American Experience about the media coverage of President Kennedy's assassination.
Get answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about President John F. Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963.
