On this day, March 28, 1969, Dwight Eisenhower died.

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I watched the train carrying his coffin head west out of Charlottesville, Virginia.

Dwight Eisenhower died today 1969:

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Wed Mar 29, 2023: On March 28, 1969, Dwight Eisenhower died.

Tue Mar 29, 2022: On March 28, 1969, Dwight Eisenhower died.

{edited: not March 29. Hat tip, MyOwnPeace}

[Squaredeal]

1. Not a very good President, however, from my POV.

Ran for re-election as a “part-time” President after his heart attack and spent much of his time on the golf course as I remember him as a young child. Everyone “liked Ike” but 1958 brought us a major recession. As kids, my siblings and myself always seemed hungry and cold then, as our parents struggled to get by, to feed us and try to heat our home. Forget about buying any new clothes for us. This was at the height when “America was great”, you know, what Trump wants to return us to. It was only when Kennedy got into office and things began to get better for my family.. I knew then that I was a Democrat, even as a kid. Eisenhower had no vision for the future, He was only a “caretaker “ .

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2. I member those huge Eisenhower half-dollar coins that no one wanted

Except for the kids, to carry around in socks as a demonstration of their personal wealth to their friends.

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3. I remember that day. It's the date my father came back from weeks in the hospital at Iowa City.

He died 4 days later.