IkeLibrary's video: March 2019 Lunch Learn: Most Hallowed Ground with Tom Tudor 3 28 2019

Tom Tudor presents "Most Hallowed Ground: Arlington Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknowns." Following the program is a special wreath laying ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of President Eisenhower's death. The ceremony includes brief remarks given by President Eisenhower's granddaughter, Mary Jean. Tudor's program focuses on Arlington National Cemetery. It evolved from a place of necessity – set aside for a mounting wave of Civil War casualties – to sacred ground, the final resting place for more than 400,000 men and women who gave service and sacrifice to our country. Once a sentinel and commander of the relief at the Tomb of the Unknowns, the most hallowed of the cemetery’s many landmarks, Tudor traces the story of this special, 624-acre plot on the west bank of the Potomac River. President Dwight D. Eisenhower presided over the interment of World War II and Korean War soldiers in 1958. This presentation continues a series coinciding with the exhibit "Eisenhower’s Middle Road" at the Central Kansas City Public Library. All are made possible by a grant to the Eisenhower Foundation from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City, Missouri.