national historic site national historic site preserves home farm 34th president united_states surrounding property acres located pennsylvania outside purchased general wife farm served weekend retreat president meeting place world leaders home left white_house putting green range view offered president needed respite pressures washington successful cattle operation herd black angus cattle notable guests premier soviet_union president france prime minister winston_churchill britain governor ronald_reagan california history long history area graduating class west_point visited battlefield assigned nearby camp independent command army officer commanding tank training unit newly married long army career wife house couple moving army post army post columbia_university president requested finally place married couple friends george recently purchased small farm recommended area found run farm outskirts purchased farm acres equal today owned farm stated feel forgotten occurred grounds purchased acres km2 included chickens cows dilapidated buildings dating 18th 19th centuries renovation property delayed supreme commander attained presidency united_states rebuild old house original building torn deterioration total cost renovation equal today large expense partly employment union labor spent equal today union came day washington miles away work farmhouse wedding anniversary held party celebrate completion work entire staff white_house invited attending shifts white_house staff forever grateful including festivities completion end second term january president spent days total farm longest stays days late recovering heart attack suffered september spent weekends summer farm went farm camp david prompting person camp david annex farm provided democrats chose time spent farm way attack head called time president stays world war colleague visited farm commented montgomery speaking military commander military commander fired subordinate initiate charge saw protested soviet premier visited farm september grandchildren said nice guy david communist know better causing embarrassment donated home farm acres total time national_park_service lifetime living rights president years later died age rejected idea moving washington closer family friends federal permission lived farm death living area reduced acres national_park_service opened site grounds plans decoration construction house dictated point told contractor god wants send bill main concern personally mixing paint barn red coat thought painted light gray green delighted able use storage decorated aesthetics cattle raised farm bull shotgun quality animal eventually produce agents protecting loved farm mistake announcing cow cooking favorite cow granddaughter brought tears row norway spruce trees lines main leading farm trees represent states given birthday presents state republican_party house tree representing texas seen mark recovery able walk far heart attack especially dwight beginning spent time glass covered porch overlooking reading playing cards friends popular porch said sit hours reflecting life legacy book lost continent travels small town america said site fun remember having republican household described house 1960s republican express dismay discovering book important man read west today open daily thanksgiving christmas new year day home grounds cattle operation available public tours visitors reach site shuttle bus departs total land area acres different films cover grounds president life
Eisenhower National Historic Site