Friday Smiles 363: back to the Eisenhower Museum

I'm so glad I had the chance to visit this museum.  Plus, it's nice I can look back on photos and relive the day.

Recently, I received a notice that this year's Smithsonian Museum Day would be April 4.  I found a museum I wanted to visit, talked my friend Sally into going, and printed my ticket.  Days later, I received another letter from Smithsonian Museum Day.  All activities have been canceled and all tickets are invalid until this COVID-19 virus is under control.  Even the Smithsonian has been shut down until further notice.

Today we are returning to the Eisenhower Museum.  Let's join Annie (at A Stitch in Time) and the wonderful ladies at Friday Smiles and discover more of the museum.

Last time we left off with Ike in charge of the Transcontinental Motor Convoy.  It was meant to test the preparedness for mobilization and the need for improved roads in the nation. You may recall, the convoy averaged only 5 mph from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco.  During this time, Ike demonstrated the same care and responsibility for the men who became part of this convoy as he had when preparing them for war.  

Several of you commented last time that Icky was a horrible name or nickname to put on a child.  Sadly, Icky never got to suffer that fate, since he died from scarlet fever and meningitis.

“There’s no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.”
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower 

After the convoy was completed, Ike assumed duties again at Camp Meade, Maryland, commanding a battalion of tanks.  He remained there until 1922.  It was during that time, he and Mamie lost Icky.
Ike and Mamie's second child was born in 1922 in Denver.  

From 1920, Eisenhower served under a succession of talented generals, including Pershing and MacArthur.  However, the most influential on Ike was Fox Conner. 

Ike served under him in Panama.

While Ike was learning the art of war in Panama, Mamie had her own battles to fight.

He first became executive officer to General Conner in the Panama Canal Zone, where, joined by Mamie, he served until 1924.  Under Conner's tutelage and guidance, he studied military history and theory. 

On Conner's recommendation, from 1925 to 1926 he attended college at Fort Leavenworth, KS, where he graduated first in a class of 245 officers.
 

Ike served as a battalion commander at Fort Benning, GA until 1927.

In 1928, Ike and Mamie

spent a year in Paris, France.

That's where we'll pick up next time.

Here are a few signs that were lost in translation:

In a Bucharest hotel lobby:
The lift is being fixed for the day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable. 

In a Belgrade elevator:
To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order.

In a Paris hotel elevator:
Please leave your values at the front desk.

In a hotel in Athens:
Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 & 11 am daily.

In a Yugoslavian hotel:
The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid.

In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian orthodox Monastery:
You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists, and writers are buried daily except Thursday.

In an Austrian hotel for skiers:
Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.

On a menu in a Swiss restaurant:
Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.

On a menu of a Polish hotel:
Salad a firm’s own make; limpid red beer soup with cheesy dumplings in the form of a finger; roasted duck let loose; beef rashers beaten up in the country people’s fashion.

In a Tokyo hotel:
Please take advantage of the chambermaids.

In a Hong Kong supermarket:
For your convenience we recommend courteous, efficient self-service.

That's it for me today.  I'll share more of these fun signs next week, too. I'm still getting kicked off the internet, even after the new cables and line were installed. Until next week, let's see what others are smiling about this Friday.  Please don't forget to start your weekend off right by visiting Annie for a few Friday Smiles.