Though Deceptively Simple, Scrabble Has a Consumer Appeal That’s Persevered for Decades

For a man who commanded the Allied Expeditionary Force in WWII and then became the 34th president of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower still valued his leisure time. His affinity for the links made golf the official sport of postwar suburbia. But the first lady didn’t play golf, which is possibly why a July afternoon in 1954 found Ike and Mamie sitting on the terrace at Camp David with studied looks on their faces.