The Eisenhower Presidential Center includes the Eisenhower presidential library, President Dwight David Eisenhower's boyhood home, Museum, and gravesite. The center is located in Abilene, Kansas. In the United States, the Presidential library system is a nationwide network of libraries administered by the Office of Presidential Libraries, which is part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). ... Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890–March 28, 1969), American soldier and politician, was the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961) and supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, with the rank of General of the Army. ... Abilene is a city located in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States. ...
The Ronald Reagan Library at Simi Valley, California highlights Reagan's eight years in the White House, especially the end of the Cold War, including an exact replica of the Oval Office and a piece of the Berlin Wall, which Reagan successfully urged Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down.
The simple 19th century Eisenhower family home, two miles south of Abilene, Kansas, is the center of the Eisenhowerlibrary complex, depicting the President's life from early childhood through two terms in the White House.
Eisenhower is buried at the library, which preserves 23 million pages of manuscript and audiovisual materials.
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