President Dwight D. Eisenhower follows in the footsteps of great military commanders like Presidents Jackson, Grant, and Garfield to occupy the highest office in the land. None other commanded as many men across international lines. A five-star Army General, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe. He gave the order to commence one of the most consequential military campaigns of the modern era, the D-Day Invasion of Normandy in June 1944.

His mother was a Jehovah’s Witness that deeply influenced his life. That said the 34th President didn’t belong to a Christian denomination until after his election to the presidency. He was then baptized and would subsequently attend National Presbyterian Church in Washington DC. That said, President Eisenhower made it clear that his public works had nothing to do with his private piety. He balked at the idea of using his faith for campaign or political purposes. Eisenhower’s faith was a deeply personal and profoundly deep faith.