Dwight D. Eisenhower wanted to attend his son John's graduation from West Point, but was unable to do so because he was "a bit too busy with work." On graduation day - June 6, 1944 - the elder Eisenhower was overseeing the Allied invasion of Normandy.
Inside the former Gettysburg home of President Dwight D. Eisenhower hangs a portrait of his son, John when the younger Eisenhower was enrolled at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
"Of course, Ike was not able to be there for his son's West Point graduation," said Dan Vermilya, a park ranger at the Eisenhower National Historic Site. "In his letters to [his wife] Mamie in the days and weeks leading up [to the graduation], one thing he mentioned was how much he wanted to be there. But he made mention that, sadly, he was 'a bit too busy with work.'"
That was because John Eisenhower graduated from West Point on June 6, 1944 - the same day that his father, serving as the Supreme Allied Commander for the Allied Expeditionary Force, had ordered the Allied invasion of Normandy against Nazi Germany, commonly referred to as D-Day.
@sweeb81tf@Hightop_Dave Ooooooh I’ve heard and seen this before, LOL. We do care about how we win—lolz. It’s why Jim McElwain and Dan Mullen were fired (among many others)
Does anyone actually work at @DAVHQ? I’ve left 3 msgs with the ATL office in 2 weeks, another at the national line, and no one picked up the phone in the DC office. Yet another example of how this country 💩s on its vets.
My dad (and so many others) deserve better. MUCH better.
Miami and Florida can run their mouths about offseason hype all they want. Florida State is walking out of the tunnel at Doak Campbell Stadium ready to play physical, ruthless football.
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FUCK YOU @billmaher. Sorry the best human living among us took you away from your cynical and dystopian pleasure space.
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45 min for bags and now 32 min to get out of the rental car facility—this is so inefficient. Cmon, @andreforatlanta—let’s do better. I voted for you in your first term when I lived here, and the airport experience has gone downhill ever since
It’s sad when a politician’s weak and fragile ego can’t have them swallow what the voters had to say, and would rather be bitter than support democracy. Shame on you, @RepJasmine
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Your mouth is bigger than your integrity. RESIGN NOW.