"Great American"not great president." This is how a poll of 75 historians damningly characterized Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1962, not even two years after he left office. Richard Hellesen's one-person play Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground, now playing at the Theatre at St. Clement's, intends to set the record straight about the 34th president. Part history lesson, part hagiography, and part political homily, the play i…
