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The Interstate Highway System is named after him. The nation’s newest memorial honors him. And the fastest path (sometimes) from downtown heading west is an expressway bearing his name. Dwight D. Eise

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President Dwight D. Eisenhower deserves history’s gratitude, not its indifference

The Interstate Highway System is named after him. The nation’s newest memorial honors him. And the fastest path (sometimes) from downtown heading west is an expressway bearing his name. Dwight D. Eisenhower was one of the most consequential American leaders of the 20th century, and yet on this Presidents Day, we barely remember who he was and what he did, writes Michael Peregrine.

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