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Place of Meditation Chapel Building at Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Museum and Library, Abilene, Kansas
Photo ID# RW1940
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In this chapel lies the entombed bodies of the 34th President of the United States, Dwight Eisenhower, his wife, First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower, and their first child, Doud Dwight Eisenhower who died in childhood. Prior to being elected to the presidency in 1953, President Eisenhower was the Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Forces during World War II. Eisenhower was the final U.S. President to be born in the 19th century.