Eisenhower Memorial
The newest monument to be built for an American President in Washington DC, the Eisenhower Memorial celebrates the legacy of Dwight D. Eisenhower as a man, a military leader, and a president.
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The Eisenhower Memorial
Located near the US Capitol along Independence Avenue SW, this one-of-a-kind memorial and urban space honor the World War II Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and the 34th President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower. The park’s core features are larger-than-life sculptures of General Eisenhower as president and a general. On the left side are statues depicting him in the Oval Office with his military and civilian advisors. On the right side of the core shows General Eisenhower and paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division preparing to liberate Europe.
In the background is a bas relief depicting the D-Day landings of the Battle of Normandy. Towering above the sculptures are eight 80-foot high stone-clad columns. Six of the columns support a stainless steel tapestry artistically woven to display Normandy’s Pointe du Hoc peninsula coastline in peacetime.
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Interesting Facts
- Susan Eisenhower, the granddaughter of President Eisenhower, advocated for a ‘living’ memorial instead of an inanimate monument. Several family members of Eisenhower wanted a program, think tank, or organization to perpetuate the legacy of President Eisenhower instead of building a physical structure.
- While in Manila, Philippines, Eisenhower learned how to fly in 1936, a year later he made a solo flight over the Philippines. And in 1939, he obtained his private pilot’s license in Fort Lewis, Tacoma, WA.
- As Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe, Eisenhower was in charge of planning and carrying out the Allied assault on the coast of Normandy in June 1944 under the code name Operation Overlord, the liberation of Western Europe, and the invasion of Germany. This culminated in the D-Day landings in Normandy and the liberation of France from Germany.