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Dwight Eisenhower: Nations
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Eisenhower proposed a federal highway system in 1955, but Congress rejected it because of financing issues. The multiple interests groups came together in 1956 to pass the Federal Interstate Defense Highway Act... known as the National Highway Act.[27] The federal government paid 90% of the cost, which was passed along to users as the new Highway Trust Fund collected new taxes on fuels, tires, and vehicles to achieve pay-as-you-go funding. The 42,000-mile interstate highway system, largely completed in 25 years, integrated the nation into a single transportation system. Truckers saved enormous amounts on fuel and travel time, which reduced shipping costs and led to large-scale productivity gains, while driving another nail in the railroad coffin. Passenger traffic soared, opening up new horizons for vacations and job searches, and new ways for extended families to come together. Much of the traffic was short-distance, as the interstates opened up the outer suburbs around all major cities.
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Eisenhower played at times the role of an elder statesman in Republican politics. His death on March 26, 1969, was the occasion for national mourning and for worldwide recognition of his important role in the events of his time.
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The loblolly pine tree on the left side of the fairway at the 17th hole at Augusta National Golf Club is known as the Eisenhower Tree. He put his ball in the tree so many times he campaigned to have it removed. It stands to this day. The membership built a cabin for Eisenhower, one of 12 on the course. The cabin, built to Secret Service specifications, still stands on the course and is adorned with an eagle on the front porch.
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There was no mention of actor Will Smith when the Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation assembled an elite group of academics, social activists and journalists last week to talk about some of this nation's most intractable problems. But there should have been.
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Eisenhower wrote that if he didn’t get his commission he would like to travel to Argentina. He had read about the place in National Geographic and thought it would be an interesting place to explore.
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Childs analyzes Eisenhower as a man, military officer, and president who was stripped of the mystique that fame as a public hero laid on him. In examining the effects of Eisenhower's presidency on the nation, Childs pays particular attention to foreign policy.
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