In 1956 President Dwight D. Eisenhower was running for re-election. In 13-year-old John Beaulieu’s sixth grade government class project, students presented mock stump speeches and voted. John sent the speech he wrote President Eisenhower in
a letter in braille, and Eisenhower sent this letter in response.
This primary source comes from the Collection DDE-WHCF: White House Central Files (Eisenhower Administration).
National Archives Identifier:
594355Full Citation: Letter from President Dwight D. Eisenhower to John Beaulieu; 10/24/1956; PPF 28-B Letters to Children - Heart Interest B (3); President's Personal Files, 1953 - 1961; Collection DDE-WHCF: White House Central Files (Eisenhower Administration); Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, KS. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/eisenhower-beaulieu, April 30, 2024]