A bronze sculpture of Dwight Eisenhower looms over the great seal of the United States at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
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Visitors take in the murals in the lobby of the Eisenhower Presidential and Museum in Abilene, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
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Visitors at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
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William Snyder, curator of the Eisenhower Presidential Museum in Abilene, talks about Ike's presidential campaign memorabilia Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
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A visitor tours the Eisenhower Presidential Museum in Abilene, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
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Visitors tour the Eisenhower Presidential Museum in Abilene, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
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A visitor looks at a display in the Eisenhower Presidential Museum in Abilene, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
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A visitor tours the Eisenhower Presidential Museum in Abilene, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
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A display in the Eisenhower Presidential Museum hails Dwight Eisenhower's contribution to civil rights in Abilene, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
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The original table used in the planning D-Day at the Eisenhower Presidential Museum in Abilene, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
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A visitor tours the Eisenhower Presidential Museum in Abilene, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
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Ike's presidential campaign memorabilia display includes a Spanish campaign button and Republican cigarettes.
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Dwight Eisenhower's Bible in the Eisenhower Presidential Museum in Abilene was given to him by his parents when he graduated from West Point and used during his presidential swearing in ceremony.
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A banner hangs over the Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
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Jill Gray of Jonesborough, Tenn., photographs a "typical" 1950s American living room in the Eisenhower Presidential Museum in Abilene, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
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Visitors tour the Dwight Eisenhower boyhood home at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
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Visitors tour the Eisenhower Presidential Museum in Abilene, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
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The Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
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Visitors tour the Eisenhower Presidential Museum in Abilene, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
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A young girl walks on the grounds of the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
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William Snyder, curator of the Eisenhower Presidential Museum in Abilene, talks about Ike's staff car, a 1942 Cadillac, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
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Dwight and Maime Eisenhower's graves at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
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