Vegetables
Music
The following list was prepared by White House personnel January 23, 1954:
America the Beautiful | Annie Laurie | Army Blue | Battle Hymn of the Republic | Deep River
Dixie | Drigo's Serenade | From Greenland's Icy Mountains | Goin' Home | God Bless America
I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen | In the Evening by the Moonlight | In the Gloaming
It's the Army | Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair | Juanita | Kiss Me Again | Last Round-up
Listen to the Mocking Bird | The Lord's Prayer | Merry Widow Waltz | My Maryland
My Old Kentucky Home | My Blue Heaven | O Susannah | Over There | Old Man River
Rosary | Roses of Picardy | Swanee River | Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | Tenting Tonight | Tramp, Tramp, Tramp...The Boys are Marching | There's Something About a Soldier | Wagon Wheels
Additional listings compiled by Library staff:
Favorite Popular Melodies
Banks of the Wabash
I Believe
I Pass by Your Window
O, What a Beautiful Morning
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Jingle, Jingle, Jingle
Greensleeves
To a Wild Rose
Serenade in the Night
In the Still of the Night
Stardust
Moonlight and Roses
Sleepy Lagoon
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
One Alone
Time on My Hands
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Sacred Music
O God Our Help in Ages Past
Lead Kindly Light
Abide With Me
God of Our Fathers
Mine eyes Have Seen the Glory (Battle Hymn of the Republic)
A Mighty Fortress is Our God
My country 'Tis of Thee
God Moves in a Mysterious Way
America the Beautiful
God of Our Life
I Love to Tell the Story
Christmas Music
Silent Night
Adeste Fidelis
The First Noel
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Semi-Classical
The Palms
Serenade by Drigo
Clair de Lune
Festival
Dream of Olwen
Song of Love
Flirtation Waltz
Amoureuse
Barcarole
Indian Summer
Caucasian Love Song (a melody from Countess Maritza)
Songs My Mother Taught Me (a melody from The Gypsy Baron)
The Old Refrain
The Student Prince Medley
Deep in My Heart
The entra acte and intermezzo from the Chocolate Soldier
Funeral March of a Marionette
Beethoven's Minuet Number 2 in G
Nocturne by Schumann
Medley from the Merry Widow
Will You Remember?
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Motto
Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Gently in Manner -- Strongly in Deed"
Latin inscription, "Sauviter in modo, fortiter in re", attributed to Claudio Aqua Viva [The "paperweight" Ike kept on his desk at the White House and later at the Gettysburg office, and now in the Eisenhower Museum displayed this inscription.]
Colors
Mamie Eisenhower [These were favorites in not only attire, but in decorating as well.]: Pink, Yellow, Green
Dwight: None
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Favorite Flowers
Dwight D. Eisenhower: Carnations ["Mrs. Eisenhower's favorite flowers are the Violet, the Gardenia, the Azalea, and the Gladiola. I am likewise fond of these particular flowers but my own favorite is the Rose and of all varieties the yellow Rose ranks first in my estimation." ...letter signed Dwight D. Eisenhower dated August 24, 1967]
Mamie Eisenhower: Pink Sweetheart Roses
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Favorite Books
Dwight D. Eisenhower: The Bible, Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, The Works of Shakespeare. For relaxation Ike read western novels.
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Favorite Bible Passage
Dwight D. Eisenhower: Although he expressed no real "favorite", the Bible was open to the following passages during his inaugurations:
1953 Inauguration: Psalm 127, Verse 1 & Second Chronicles Chapter 7, verse 14.
1957 Inauguration: Psalm 33, Verse 12
Mamie Eisenhower: 91st Psalm
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Sports
Dwight D. Eisenhower was an accomplished athlete who always enjoyed the exercise, fresh air, relaxation, good companionship, and competition which various sports provided. His highly visible participation in sports as President, coupled with the national trend toward increased leisure time in the 1950s, helped to increase the popularity of certain sports such as golf and fishing and to accentuate a growing awareness of the need for regular exercise to maintain good health.
Baseball - Football
Golf
Fishing
Hunting
Horseback Riding
Hobbies
Painting
Bridge
Cooking
Photography
Mamie Eisenhower: Bridge
