Tour: Eisenhower Suite Tour at Fitzsimons

SATURDAY, JULY 25

10 AM -12 NOON

$5 FOR NON-HRHS MEMBERS

OPTIONAL $20 BOX LUNCH FROM Modern Market

To Register call Nancy 720-932-6990

Rare opportunity to explore this historical venue with the preserved hospital rooms where President Dwight D. Eisenhower stayed 7 weeks after suffering a heart attack in 1955.

The suite is located on the 8th floor of Building 500 at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (formerly Fitzsimons Army Medical Center).

• Visit the 8th floor of Building 500 where Eisenhower recovered from his heart attack in 1955.
• Hear a history of Fitzsimons in the Bushnell Auditorium, where Eisenhower’s staff worked.
• Tour the preserved Eisenhower suite with Neil Krauss, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Initiative and Community Engagement.
• The Eisenhower Suite includes:  Presidential hospital room, Secret Service sitting room, Nurses’ station.
• Several rooms have been restored as historical time capsules.
• Join Aurora Historical Society members for an optional lunch ($20 cost) from Modern Market.
• Minimal walking and standing required, and the tour is indoors.
• Optional activity to walk around the outside area near Building 500.   So much history and beauty in this location.
• The Building 500 is beautiful, built and decorated in the Art Deco, Art Moderne, and Modernistic military hospital design.

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