This is considered the first ever Presidential barbecue (although President Dwight D. Eisenhower did like to grill steak in the White House lawn).

President Dwight D. Eisenhower (second from left) with Lyndon B. Johnson (center) and other guests during a bipartisan luncheon at the White House in 1955 Library of Congress Prints and ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson federalized the National Guard in 1965, calling on troops to protect civil rights advocates who were marching from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery.

Underneath that genial veneer, whether it’s as a U.S. Army general or as the Leader of the Free World, Eisenhower was secretly roiling with doubt, anxiety and uncertainty.

Dwight D. Eisenhower, the victorious allied commander of World War II who went on to become America's President in peace-time, died at 12:25 p.m. He was 78.

President Lyndon B. Johnson federalized the National Guard in 1965, calling on troops to protect civil rights advocates who were marching from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery.