** Please note: Tom Tudor will speak in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 27, and in Abilene, Kansas, on March 28. See times below.

 

Kansas City, Missouri Wednesday, March 27 | 6:30 p.m. | Meet and Greet reception at 6:00 p.m.
Central Kansas City Public Library |  RSVP 

Abilene, Kansas  Thursday, March 28 | 12:00 p.m. | Visitors Center Auditorium
Eisenhower Presidential Library

The Lunch & Learn series is made possible by the Eisenhower Foundation with generous support from the Jeffcoat Memorial Foundation.
Free and open to the public. Light lunch provided; first come, first served. RSVP not required. 

Program Summary:
Arlington National Cemetery evolved from a place of necessity - set aside for a mounting wave of Civil War casualties - to sacred ground, the final resting place for more than 400,000 men and women who gave service and sacrifice to our country.

Tom Tudor, once a sentinel and commander of the relief at the Tomb of the Unknowns, the most hallowed of the cemetery's many landmarks, traces the story of this special, 624-acre plot on the Potomac River. Included is a look at President Eisenhower's place in the history of the Tomb of the Unknowns, presiding over the interment of World War II and Korean War soldiers in 1958.

This continues a series coinciding with the exhibit "Eisenhower's Middle Road" at the Central Kansas City Public Library, courtesy of a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City, MO. Produced by the archival and curatorial staff of the Eisenhower Presidential Library, Eisenhower's Middle Road, explores the many ways President Eisenhower, whose leadership style reflected his Midwestern upbringing, led America from the middle to accomplish what those on the extremes thought impossible. This exhibit will be on display in the Central Library's Rocky and Gabriella Mountain Gallery ( Central Kansas City Public Library - 14 West 10th Street, Kansas City, MO) through May 24, 2019.