General Dwight D. Eisenhower, with his wife, Mamie, came through Winston-Salem on this day in 1952. Eisenhower made the trip during his campaign for the presidency.
Eisenhower traveled by train and made a brief speech at Union Station.
Crowds of people came to see the campaigning party, and several school bands lent their musical accompaniment to the event.
The photo above shows Mamie and General Eisenhower seated in the car. Mayor Marshall Kurfees shakes the general’s hand and poses for the impromptu photo op.
Photo courtesy of Forsyth County Public Library Photograph Collection.
Eisenhower train stopped briefly at Knollwood St where students from Moore School met him. He did not detain. He headed to Roanoke on the Norfolk and Western with double headed J locomotives. Only time that 2 Js are known to double head. It is not known if the famous 611 was one of those engines. I was there. Wish a photo could be found at Knollwood stop