[metesky]

Ike was in office from about the fourth grade until my junior year in HS.

In those days we had neighborhood grammar schools and most of us went home for lunch (Campbell's Soup and PB+J sandwich). Big Brother Bob Emory was on Boston TV then and every noontime we would have a milk toast to the President.

It all seems so innocent and far away from today, a different country.

Ike is one of the most underratted presidents in history.

[My2Cents]

I was born in '51, so I don't remember Ike's tenure as President. I do remember my dad racing his car along a two-lane road that paralleled a portion of the Southern Pacific RR line in the south Bay Area (SF), telling us that Pres. Eisenhower was in the train ahead of us. As I read more about his presidency, and about the time of history he governed during, I am filled with admiration for him. He is probably the most underrated President we've had.

And, yes, I'll agree that the '50s were a golden era. Innocent. Clean. Today, we are still suffering from the nihilism of the '60s.

[EllaMinnow]

You're lucky you had those years.

I was two when Kennedy was elected, and the only thing I remember about him is the assassination. By the time I was old enough to know what a president was, we had LBJ.

I've been telling my son how lucky he is to have spent his childhood with Reagan as president.

[Mears]

Do you remember Miss Jean and Bozo? I was a young mother in those days.