Eisenhower Park

Park in East Meadow, New York, U.S.

This article is about the park in New York, United States. For other uses, see Eisenhower Park (disambiguation).

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Eisenhower Park, formerly known as Salisbury Park, is a public park in East Meadow, New York bordered by Hempstead Turnpike on the south and Old Country Road on the north. At 930 acres (3.8 km2), it is larger than Central Park (in Manhattan, New York City), with much of the area devoted to three 18-hole golf courses, including the Red Course, host to the annual Commerce Bank Championship (Champions Tour). The park is home to the September 11th Memorial for residents of Nassau County.

## History

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Lannin House Veterans Memorial 9/11 Memorial

Part of the county park system since 1944, Eisenhower Park offers a full range of athletic and family activities, including some of the finest facilities in Nassau County and an exciting schedule of summertime events.

In the early part of the 20th century, the park was part of the private Salisbury Country Club and included five 18-hole golf courses. It hosted the ninth PGA Championship in 1926, then a match play competition. Walter Hagen defeated future two-time champion Leo Diegel 5 & 3 in the finals to win his third consecutive title,[1] his fourth overall, and the eighth of his eleven major titles. The championship was conducted on the present-day Red Course.

During the Great Depression, the club's owners were unable to pay taxes and the county took over the property. Subsequently, the county acquired additional land in the area. Salisbury Park was officially dedicated on October 1, 1949.[2]

On October 13, 1969, Salisbury Park was rededicated as Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Park at a ceremony attended by the 34th President's grandson, Dwight D. Eisenhower II, and his wife, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The elder Eisenhower had died several months earlier in March and would have turned age 79 on October 14.

On March 11, 2004, President George W. Bush visited Eisenhower Park for the groundbreaking of a new memorial for the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks.[3]

On September 9, 2007, the memorial was officially opened to the public. The two 30-foot (9 m), semi-transparent, stainless-steel towers, created to resemble those of the World Trade Center, stand amidst a fountain alongside the park's lake. On the lawn are two pieces of steel several feet long from the WTC wreckage, surrounded by a colorful flower garden. A long stone wall bears the names of the 344 Nassau County residents who died September 11, 2001.

## Activities in the park

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### Athletics

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* Batting cage, with nine separate batting areas for varying pitching speeds
* 14 softball fields
* 3 baseball fields
* 3 football fields
* 4 soccer fields
* 16 lighted tennis courts
* A 50 m (55 yd) Aquatic Center swimming pool

### Cricket

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Main article: Nassau County International Cricket Stadium

In September 2023, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that it would construct a temporary cricket stadium at Eisenhower Park to host matches during the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. The modular stadium was deconstructed following the conclusion of the tournament, with the grounds remaining intact as a legacy of the event.[4][5][6][7]

### Entertainment

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The Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre is an outdoor theater that hosts a full schedule of entertainment events during the summer, from concerts to movies.[8] The theater's name serves as a tribute to the late folk rock singer. Chapin was killed in a traffic collision en route to a free benefit concert in the park on July 16, 1981. That same year, a ceremony was held to around 5,500 people to commemorate the renaming of the theater.[9]

Carltun on the Park is a privately run restaurant operated in a former country club. The Carltun offers a restaurant, bar, banquet facilities, and a meeting room. The restaurant has played host to numerous events, including a fundraiser in 2004 for George W. Bush.[10] The facility was renamed "The Lannin" in honor of Joseph Lannin, who created the Salisbury Country Club in 1917.[11]

### Golf

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The park features three 18-hole golf courses open to the public: the Blue, Red, and White courses. The Red Course, originally part of the Salisbury Golf Club and designed in 1914 by Devereux Emmet, formerly hosted the annual Commerce Bank Championship on the Champions Tour, last held in 2008. It was also the site of the PGA Championship in 1926, won by Walter Hagen.[12]

Located adjacent to the courses is a driving range with more than 100 stalls and night hours in season.[citation needed]

In addition to the regular courses, there are two lighted 18-hole miniature golf courses.[citation needed]

### Swimming

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Aquatic Center

The Nassau County Aquatic Center at Eisenhower Park is one of the finest swimming facilities in the U.S. Built in 1998 for the Goodwill Games, it currently hosts major swimming competitions and is open daily to the public.

Located within the center is a renovated Health Club that contains treadmills, arc trainers, stationary bikes, stair machines, free weights, and an assortment of Cybex weight machines.

### Hockey

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Northwell Health Ice Center has been the practice facility for the New York Islanders since 2016. It was formerly known as Twin Rinks when it opened in 2014.[13][14]

## References

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1. ^ Vischer, Peter (September 26, 1926). "Walter Hagen beats Diegel for pro title". Miami Daily News. New York World News Service. p. 15.
2. ^ "New Nassau Park Unwrapped". Daily News. New York. October 2, 1949. p. 28. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ Buglione, Nick (March 18, 2004). "Bush breaks ground President visits East Meadow for solemn memorial, fundraiser". Long Island Herald. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
4. ^ McLogan, Jennifer (March 19, 2024). "Long Island park set to host Cricket World Cup match in June". CBS New York. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
5. ^ Vallone, Jordan (April 25, 2024). "East Meadow, Salisbury residents address concerns regarding Cricket World Cup". Long Island Herald. Retrieved May 5, 2024. "Nassau County will receive around US$2.7 million in direct revenue from the tournament."
6. ^ Gollapudi, Nagraj (January 17, 2024). "ICC confirms New York's Eisenhower Park will not host international games before T20 WC". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
7. ^ Spangler, Nicholas (April 1, 2024). "Creating the perfect stadium, playing surface critical to June's T20 World Cup cricket matches on Long Island". Newsday. Archived from the original on April 1, 2024. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
8. ^ "Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre". Discover Long Island. Archived from the original on July 9, 2018.
9. ^ "Theater Named For Harry Chapin". The New York Times. Associated Press. September 24, 1981. p. B2.
10. ^ Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation & Museums Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
11. ^ Madore, James T. (June 27, 2023). "Reopening of former Carltun Eisenhower Park catering hall delayed until late July". Newsday. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
12. ^ "The Red Course at Eisenhower Park". PGATOUR.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2009. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
13. ^ LaRocco, Paul (August 31, 2015). "Islanders owner wins bid to take over bankrupt ice rink". Newsday. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
14. ^ Hackmack, Andrew (January 27, 2016). "Islanders to keep Long Island connection". Long Island Herald. Retrieved February 6, 2024.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eisenhower Park (East Meadow, New York).

* Official website
* Nassau County 9/11 memorial Images From the Project Architects
* Nassaucountyny.gov/EisenhowerPark
* Nassau County 9/11 Memorial Photo\- Located at Eisenhower Park
* Eisenhower Park Golf Course - LongIslandGolfNews.com

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Parks in Nassau County, New York

Town Parks|

| Hempstead|

* Aron Drive Park
* Atlantic Beach Estates Park
* Averill Boulevard Park and Swimming Pool Complex
* Baldwin Park
* Bernard Brown Park
* Briar Place Park
* Brook Road Park
* Cedar Street Park
* Cedarhurst Avenue Plaza
* Coes Neck Park
* Cornwell Avenue Park
* Duckpond Drive North Park
* Duckpond Drive South Park
* Dutch Broadway Park
* East Atlantic Beach Park
* East Bay Park
* Echo Park
* Elmont Road Park
* Estella Street Park
* Fiddler Lane Park
* Forest City Community Park
* Fraser Avenue Park
* Gabriel Vitale Memorial Field
* Garden City South Community Park
* Gunther Field
* Harbor Isle Beach
* Harold Walker Memorial Park
* Hendrickson Avenue Park
* Henry Street Park
* Hewlett Point Park
* John H. Benoit Memorial Park
* Julian Lane Park
* Levittown Firefighters Memorial Park
* Levittown Hall
* Levittown Pools
* Levittown Veterans Memorial Park
* Lido Beach Town Park
* Lido Golf Course
* MacLaren Stadium
* Margie Street
* Merrick Road Park
* Merrick Road Park Golf Course
* Newbridge Road Park
* Norman Levy Park and Preserve
* Oceanside Park
* Pearl Street Park
* Rath Park
* Rock Hall Museum
* Roosevelt Pool
* Salisbury Park Drive Ballfields
* Scott Drive Park
* Seamans Neck Park
* Senator Speno Memorial Park
* Shell Creek Park
* Terrace Gardens
* Thomas Whelan Memorial Field
* Thurman Munson Memorial Field
* Town Park at Lido Beach West
* Town Park at Malibu
* Town Park at Point Lookout
* Town Park at Sands
* Uniondale Park
* Veterans Memorial Park (Atlantic Beach)
* Veterans Memorial Park (East Meadow)
* Wrights Field

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North Hempstead|

* Blumenfeld Family Park
* Broadway Town Park
* Carle Place Memorial Park
* Charles J. Fuschillo Park
* Clark Botanic Garden
* Clinton G. Martin Park
* Donald Street Park
* East Park
* Floral Park Memorial Park
* Gateway Park
* Gerry Pond Park
* Harbor Hills Park
* Harbor Links Golf Course
* Herricks Ball Field
* I-Park
* John D. Caemmerer Park
* Large Park Circle
* Manhasset Valley Park
* Manorhaven Beach Park
* Martin "Bunky" Reid Park
* Mary Jane Davies Green
* Merillion Little League Park
* Merriman Park
* Michael J. Tully Park
* Mill Pond Park
* North Hempstead Aerodrome
* North Hempstead Beach Park
* North Hempstead Town Dock
* Plandome Pond Park
* Provost Park
* Ridder's Pond Park
* Roslyn Community Center
* Roslyn Road Park
* Sagamore Ballfield
* Sand Miners Monument
* Searingtown Pond Park
* Shepherd Lane Park
* Small Park Circle
* South Park
* Swalm Park
* The Albertson Triangle
* Tudor Park Circle
* Whitney Pond Park
* "Yes We Can" Community Center

Oyster Bay|

* Alhambra Beach
* Beekman Beach
* Bethpage Community Park
* Borella Field
* Centre Island Beaches
* Charles E. Ransom Beach
* Cpl. Kevin T. Kolm Memorial Park
* Dog Park at Massapequa
* Ellsworth W. Allen Park
* Field of Dreams Park
* Harry Tappen Beach, Marina, and Pool
* Hicksville Athletic Center
* Hon. Joseph Colby Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course
* John A. Walker Memorial Park
* John J. Burns Park
* Marjorie R. Post Community Park
* Philip B. Healey Beach
* Plainview-Old Bethpage Community Park
* Stehli Beach
* Syosset-Woodbury Community Park
* Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park and Beach
* Tobay Beach
* Other parks

City Parks|

| Glen Cove|

* Big Ralph Park
* City Boat Ramp
* Crescent Beach
* Dennis Brian Murray Park
* Garvies Point Dog Park
* Glen Cove Yacht Club
* Morgan Memorial Park
* Pryibil Beach and Fishing Pier
* Stanco Park

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Long Beach|

* Clark Street Park
* Lindell Park
* Long Beach Ice Arena
* The Long Beach Tennis Center
* Magnolia Playground
* Ocean Beach Park
* The Recreation Center
* Skate Park
* Veteran's Memorial Park
* West End's Georgia Avenue Splash Park

County Parks|

* African American Museum and Center for Applied Arts
* Bay Park
* Cantiague Park
* Cedar Creek Park
* Cedarmere
* Centennial Park
* Chelsea Mansion
* Christopher Morley Park
* Cow Meadow Park
* Eisenhower Park
* Elderfields Preserve
* Eugene Nickerson Beach
* Falaise
* Garvie's Point Preserve
* Grant Park
* Halls Pond Park
* Herricks Pond Park
* Hempstead House
* Holocaust Memorial and Educational Center
* Inwood Park
* Lofts Pond Park
* Massapequa Preserve
* Milburn Pond Park/Milburn Creek Park
* Muttontown Preserve
* Nassau County Firefighters Museum and Education Center
* Nassau County Museum of Art
* North Woodmere Park
* Old Bethpage Village Restoration
* Reverend Arthur Mackey Sr. Park
* Roslyn Grist Mill
* Sands Point Preserve
* Tackapausha Preserve
* Tanglewood Preserve
* Wantagh Park

State parks|

* Bethpage
* Hempstead Lake
* Jones Beach
*   * Planting Fields Arboretum
* Trail View
* Valley Stream

National Parks|

* Congressman Lester Wolff Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge
* Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

* 34th President of the United States (1953–1961)
* Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1951–1952)
* Chief of Staff of the Army (1945–1948)
* Commander, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (1943–1945)

Military
career|

* Military career
* 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy
* Louisiana Maneuvers
* Operation Torch
* European Theater of Operations
* Allied invasion of Sicily
* Armistice of Cassibile
* June 6, 1944, order of the day
* People of Western Europe speech
* Normandy landings
* Operation Veritable
* Berlin Declaration
* Military Governor, U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany
* Disarmed Enemy Forces
* European Advisory Commission
* Supreme Commander of NATO, 1951-1952

Presidency
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* Transition
* 1953 inauguration
* 1957 inauguration
* State of the Union Address
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* Cabinet
* Judicial appointments
* Supreme Court
* Farewell address
* "Military–industrial complex"
* Kennedy transition
* Executive Orders
* Presidential Proclamations

| Foreign policy|

* Eisenhower Doctrine
* Korean War
* 1953; Korean Armistice Agreement
* 1953 Iranian coup d'état
* "Chance for Peace" speech (1953)
* Cold War
* Domino theory
* Khrushchev, Eisenhower and De-Stalinization
* New Look policy
* 1955 Geneva Summit
* 1960 U-2 incident
* Atomic Energy Act of 1954
* Atoms for Peace
* Restricted Data
* Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954
* Food for Peace
* Suez Crisis (1956)
* DARPA (1958)
* EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958
* National Aeronautics and Space Act
* 1958; NASA
* Operation 40 (1960)

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Domestic policy|

* Executive Order 10479 (1953)
* Outer Continental Shelf Act (1953)
* Refugee Relief Act (1953)
* Submerged Lands Act (1953)
* U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1953)
* Agricultural Act of 1954
* National Wool Act of 1954
* Special Milk Program
* Excise Tax Reduction Act of 1954
* Internal Revenue Code of 1954
* Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1954
* Small Watershed Program
* Air Pollution Control Act of 1955
* Agricultural Act of 1956
* Soil Bank Act
* Soil Bank Program
* Federal Voting Assistance Program (1955)
* Bank Holding Company Act (1956)
* Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956
* Interstate Highway System
* Highway Trust Fund
* Fish and Wildlife Act (1956)
* People to People Student Ambassador Program (1956)
* President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (1956)
* Civil Rights Act of 1957
* U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
* U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
* Federal Plant Pest Act of 1957
* Little Rock Nine intervention (1957)
* Price–Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act (1957)
* Alaska Statehood Act (1958)
* Humane Slaughter Act (1958)
* National Defense Education Act
* 1958; Federal Perkins Loan
* Student loans in the United States
* Hawaii Admission Act (1959)
* Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960
* Civil Rights Act of 1960
* Sikes Act (1960)

Books|

* Crusade in Europe (1948)

Elections|

* Draft Eisenhower movement
* Republican Party presidential primaries (1948
* 1952
* 1956)
* Republican National Convention (1952
* 1956)
* United States Presidential election (1952
* 1956)

Legacy|

* Bibliography
* Birthplace
* Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, gravesite
* Boyhood home
* Eisenhower National Historic Site
* Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
* Eisenhower Executive Office Building
* Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport
* Eisenhower Fellowships
* Eisenhower Institute
* Eisenhower Monument
* Eisenhower dollar
* Eisenhower Centennial silver dollar
* U.S. Postage stamps
* Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center
* Eisenhower Medical Center
* Eisenhower Trophy
* Eisenhower Tunnel
* Eisenhower Golf Club
* Eisenhower Theater
* Statue of Dwight D. Eisenhower (U.S. Capitol)
* Fort Eisenhower
* Mount Eisenhower
* Places named for Eisenhower
* Other tributes and memorials

Popular
culture|

* Eisenhower jacket
* Eisenhower Tree
* Crusade in Europe (1949 television series)
* Backstairs at the White House (1979 miniseries)
* Ike (1979 miniseries)
* Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004 film)
* Pressure (2014 play)

Family|

* Mary "Mamie" Geneva Doud Eisenhower (wife)
* John Eisenhower (son)
* David Eisenhower (grandson)
* Anne Eisenhower (granddaughter)
* Susan Eisenhower (granddaughter)
* Mary Jean Eisenhower (granddaughter)
* Jennie Eisenhower (great-granddaughter)
* Ida Stover Eisenhower (mother)
* Arthur Eisenhower (brother)
* Edgar N. Eisenhower (brother)
* Roy Eisenhower (brother)
* Earl D. Eisenhower (brother)
* Milton S. Eisenhower (brother)

Related|

* Eisenhower baseball controversy
* Camp David
* "And I don't care what it is"
* Atoms for Peace Award
* Introduction to Outer Space
* Eddie Slovik
* Kay Summersby

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