VFW Vigil
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Goes from 4:30 pm on Friday through 7:00 am on Saturday morning, celebrating Dwight D. Eisenhower's Birthday Activities. Outside the Place of Meditation.
VFW Vigil
Phone : 785-263-6700 (Always call and confirm events.)
Email Address : eisenhower.library@nara.gov
Web: www.eisenhower.archives.gov/
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