Dwight D. Eisenhower

Historical marker location:

157 North Washington Street, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

( Marker is at the intersection of North Washington Street (U.S. 15) and West Water Street, on the right when traveling north on North Washington Street.)

Marker installed: 1994

Pennsylvania was the site of the deadliest nuclear accident in U.S. history. In 1979, a partial meltdown occurred at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.