This evening I come to you with a message of leave-taking and farewell, and to share a few final thoughts with you, my countrymen. Like every other citizen, I wish the new President, and all who ...

Americans expecting a hero's farewell speech—the kind that General Douglas MacArthur gave at West Point one year later—were surprised by President Dwight D. Eisenhower's final address from the ...

In general, the nation’s newspapers bade Ike a fond and sentimental farewell ... the valedictory speech to historical comparisons: “The parting messages of Dwight Eisenhower and George ...

General Dwight Eisenhower made an astute observation about the nature of leadership. He wrote, "I firmly determined that my mannerisms and speech in public would always reflect cheerful certainty.

General Dwight D Eisenhower (1890 - 1969) was the Supreme Commander of Allied forces during the campaign following D-Day. Following the war he went on to become President of the United States of ...

When the Western Allies needed a supreme commander for the newly created North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1949, they unanimously agreed that Dwight ... #In his farewell address, Eisenhower ...

In January 1961, US President Dwight Eisenhower ended his time in the White House with a farewell address regarded as one of the greatest speeches made by a US president. He warned Americans ...