PUBLIC LAW 101-258—MAR. 27, 1990 104 STAT. 119 Whereas Eisenhower had a long and productive association with Gettysburg College, serving as a member of the College's Board of Trustees, using a campus office to write his memoirs and to fulfill the numerous duties of a former President, and receiving an honorary doctorate from the College; Whereas after leaving office on January 20, 1961, Eisenhower retired with his wife to their farm and home in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Whereas Eisenhower died on March 28, 1969, and was buried in military uniform in the place of meditation on the grounds of the Eisenhower Center in Abilene, Kansas; and Whereas throughout 1990, various public and private organizations, including the Eisenhower Society, the Eisenhower Foundation, the Eisenhower World Affairs Institute, the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program, Inc., the Eisenhower Centennial Commission, and others, will be sponsoring and conducting events across the Nation to commemorate the centennial of the birth of Dwight David Eisenhower: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That October 14, 1990, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dwight David Eisenhower, is designated as "Dwight D. Eisenhower Day", and the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. SEC. 2. The members of the Senate and the House of Representatives who are members of the Dwight David Eisenhower Centennial Commission, with the assistance of the other members of that commission (referred to hereinafter as the "Commission"), shall— (1) make arrangements for a joint meeting of the Congress to be held on Tuesday, March 27, 1990, or such other day as may be designated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in the Hall of the House of Representatives in commemoration of the centennial of the birth of Dwight David Eisenhower; (2) plan the proceedings of and issue appropriate invitations to the joint meeting; and (3) coordinate the foregoing arrangements with the activities of the Dwight David Eisenhower Centennial Commission.
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