Denison, Texas -- Join the Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site for an Earth Day clean-up of the streets and the area leading to the site from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, 2025. Individuals and groups are invited to help make the community a cleaner, and greener, place! We start with Owings Street under the railroad bridges. Our event partner, the City of Denison, will close the street during the clean-up event.

Come to the Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site on April 19 at 9:30 a.m. to get your supplies and join our group! Please dress for the weather with a hat, closed-toe shoes, and sunscreen. The Eisenhower Birthplace will provide water, gloves, trash bags, and other equipment for you to use.

You can find us at 609 S Lamar Avenue in Denison. The roadway going under the bridges will be shut down so please use the entrance on Nelson Street off Crockett Avenue. Meet in the parking lot at the entrance. Please call 903-465-8908 or email lindsay.stroup@thc.texas.gov with any questions.

The Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site, located in Denison, Texas, features the modest house where the 34th U.S. President Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower was born in 1890. Period furnishings fill the modest frame house, illustrating the Eisenhower family’s working-class life in the railroad town of Denison. The Visitors Center celebrates Ike with memorabilia and exhibits featuring his many accomplishments as president and war hero and tells the story of how the community preserved Eisenhower’s birthplace in the 1940s and 1950s.