DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, Denison, Tex.
As supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe, Eisenhower gave the order for the Normandy Invasion and led troops to victory during World War II. As a two-term U.S. president, he steered the country through the Korean War and Cold War tensions. The visitors center at the Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site contains campaign buttons and memorabilia as well as prints of landscape paintings done by Eisenhower. 609 S. Lamar Ave., 903/465-8908, eisenhowerbirthplace.org, $3.