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The Day the Eisenhowers Visited Broomfield By Elizabeth Beaudoin, Museum Curator
Rocky Mountain News. 8 July 1963
July 7, 1963, was a hot and sunny afternoon in Broomfield at a reported 91 degrees. Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower remarked that it was a “swimming kind of afternoon.” He and his wife, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, had come to Broomfield to dedicate the city’s first public library building at 12 Garden Center, now the home of the Broomfield Veterans Museum. Most of Broomfield (then roughly 4,000 residents) turned out to see the former president and First Lady. Photos from the day show large crowds gathering in front of the new building.
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