Dwight David Eisenhower, the 20th century American President the Canadian people greatly admired, was in Ottawa on this date in 1958. He was there for talks with Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and other senior officials and cabinet ministers. The highlight of his visit was, of course, his address to Canada’s Parliament. This was the second time Ike had addressed Canadian MPs and Senators.
You can read his speech to Canada’s Parliament by clicking here.
Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.