Contact Information:
   200 S.E. 4th Street
   Abilene, KS 67410
   Tel: 785-263-6700
   Fax: 785-263-6715
   Toll free: 877 RING IKE
   eisenhower.library@nara.gov

   Museum Hours:
   9am - 4:45pm
   Every day except Christmas,    Thanksgiving and New
   Year's Day

   Research Room Hours:
   M - F: 8:30am - noon and
   12:45pm - 5:15pm
   Except Federal Holidays

   Museum Admission:
   7 years and under - free
   8 - 15 years - $1.00
   Adults 16-61 years - $8.00
   Seniors 62 years+ - $6.00
   Active military - free
   Retired military - $6.00

Eisenhower Funeral Photographs

The casket bearing the remains of the late General Eisenhower rests in state in Bethlehem Chapel at the Washington National Cathedral as members of the Joint Honor Guard maintain a Death Watch.
March 29, 1969

 

The funeral cortege pauses at Sixteenth and Constitution Avenue and the remains of General Eisenhower are transferred from the hearse to the horse-drawn caisson. March 30, 1969

President Richard M. Nixon places a wreath at the casket in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.  March 30, 1969

President Charles DeGaulle of France pays his respects to the late General Eisenhower at the Rotunda of the Capitol.  March 30, 1969

A 21-gun salute is fired as the funeral cortege approaches the Capitol Plaza. March 30, 1969

The public pays their last respects in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.  March 30, 1969

Funeral Services at the Eisenhower Center, Abilene, Kansas.  April 2, 1969

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