The Eisenhower sons recognized and appreciated the love and care that their parents had given them while they were growing up. As adults they founds ways to honor their parents in tangible ways. President Eisenhower was a great fan of…
Ida Eisenhower created a beautiful home for her family. She was a good seamstress. We have already seen the pillow on which she embroidered her sons’ names. She painted this picture which hangs in the hall. It reads, “Call Again.”…
The small back parlor was the heart of David and Ida Eisenhower’s home. On one wall was Ida’s piano. Before she married, Ida inherited $1000 dollars. She spent $600 of her inheritance for a custom-built piano. Before dropping out of college…
As I mentioned in the Tender Teddy post more than a year ago, in President Theodore Roosevelt’s autobiography, he wrote about the virtues necessary for a nation. He said: “. . . these virtues are as dust on a windy street…
Learning how other mamas have lived with their families gives us at least two types of lessons. Sometimes we learn new ideas to try with our own families, and sometimes we receive warnings about what to resist at all costs. We…
On our way home from Canada in August, Ray and I did what we enjoy so much — we stopped at historic sites on the way back home. One of our stops was the home of President Franklin Roosevelt in Hyde…
