Sunday, July 12

AFTERNOON         

Arrival / Registration.

 

EVENING          

Dinner

Reception / Social with 50’s music at The Junction in the College Union Building.

Graduate credit students meet their instructor - Dr. Michael Towle, Mount St. Mary’s University.

 

Monday, July 13

MORNING            

Overview / Objectives – Carol Hegeman, Supervisory Historian, Eisenhower NHS.

Leadership / Domestic Policy – Dr. Michael Birkner, Gettysburg College.

 

AFTERNOON

Eisenhower’s Foreign Policy – Dr. Richard Immerman, Temple University.

Eisenhower, Africa, and Liberation Movements – Dr. Van Gosse, Franklin and Marshall College.

Foreign Policy Discussion - Dr. Immerman, Dr. Gosse, Dr. Birkner.

 

EVENING          

Dinner at the Dobbin House Restaurant.

The Eisenhower White House - Mr. Bradley Patterson, Deputy Cabinet Secretary, 1954 - 1961 at the Lyceum.

 

Tuesday, July 14

MORNING        

Visit the Eisenhower National Historic Site.

National Park Service historian Carol Hegeman gives a behind-the-scenes tour and shares site related educational programs. Curator Michael Florer shows special items from the museum collection.

 

AFTERNOON       

Complete site tour and visit the bookstore.

Eisenhower and the Secret Service –John Joyce, Park Ranger, Eisenhower NHS.

Eisenhower as Leader - Susan Eisenhower

Free time to explore Gettysburg.

 

EVENING      

David Oshinsky: Polio, An American Story, at Weidensall Lobby.

 

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