Dwight Eisenhower Gravesite

Dwight Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, 200 S.E. 4th Street, Abilene, Kansas


President Dwight Eisenhower died due to a congestive heart failure at the age of 78 on the morning of March 28, 1969. He was given a state funeral at the Washington Capitol Rotunda from March 30 to 31, and was then transported to his hometown, passing through seven states before arriving to Abilene, Kansas. He was buried inside the Place of Meditation, the chapel on the grounds of the Eisenhower Presidential Center in Abilene. 





Updated November 20, 2021

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