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Eisenhower in Paris

June 7, 2016 by Hugh Nelson 3 Comments

Building where Eisenhower lived in Paris in 1928, now 68 Quai Louis Blériot

The only President I’ve ever seen in person was Dwight Eisenhower. It was 1956, and we lived in Peoria, Illinois. You might think that a 5 year old would not remember much of what happened back then, but I already knew who he was and what he looked like. He was revered in our family […]

Filed Under: History, Sight Seeing Tagged With: eisenhower, World War II

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Hugh Nelson and Brenda Prowse on Pont Alexandre III
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