Eisenhower Monument

Coordinates: 41°23′29″N 73°57′23″W / 41.3915°N 73.9563°W / 41.3915; -73.9563

Eisenhower Monument (West Point)
United States
The Eisenhower Monument at West Point
For General of the Army and former President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Unveiled	May 1983
Location	N 41° 23.513 W 073° 57.390 ^[1] near Highland Falls, NY
Designed by	Robert L. Dean, Jr.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, 34th President of the United States

The Eisenhower Monument at the United States Military Academy is a monument to former General of the Army and the 34th President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower.

The subject

As a member of the famed West Point Class of 1915, (known as "The Class the Stars Fell On"), Eisenhower rose to prominence as an Army officer during World War II, where he was the Supreme Allied Commander Europe. After the war, he served as the Army's Chief of Staff before being elected President in 1952.

Description and commissioning

The statue stands nine feet tall and is perched upon a pedestal of red granite.^[2]

The bid for the monument originally included noted sculptors Donald DeLue, Felix DeWeldon, and Walker Hancock, but the commission went to class of 1953 West Point graduate Robert L. Dean, Jr.^[3] After receiving the commission, Dean was offered one of the General's actual uniforms as a model by Eisenhower's son.^[3] Dean molded the wax model at his home in Pennsylvania and cast the bronze statue in Italy before the monument was unveiled on 3 May 1983.^[3]

References

↑ "General Dwight D. Eisenhower, West Point, New York". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
↑ "Tour of West Point:Eisenhower Monument". United States Military Academy. Archived from the original on January 17, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
1 2 3 Robert Lee Dean, Jr. "Creating the Eisenhower Statue". West Point Assembly of Graduates. Retrieved 2009-03-28.

External links

Robert L. Dean's website

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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 Normandy landings Operation Veritable Military Governor, U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany Disarmed Enemy Forces European Advisory Commission Supreme Commander of NATO, 1951-1952

Presidency	Presidency 1953 inauguration 1957 inauguration Korean War Armistice 1953 Iranian coup d'état Chance for Peace speech Atoms for Peace speech Civil Rights Act of 1957 Cold War Domino theory Khrushchev, Eisenhower and De-Stalinization New Look policy 1955 Geneva Summit 1960 U-2 incident NASA DARPA National Defense Education Act Interstate Highway System Suez Crisis Eisenhower Doctrine Little Rock Nine intervention Operation 40 Farewell address / "Military–industrial complex" Office of Food for Peace President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports People to People Student Ambassador Program State of the Union Address (1955 1956 1960) Cabinet Judicial appointments Supreme Court

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

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Family	Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower (wife) Doud Eisenhower (son) John Eisenhower (son) David Eisenhower (grandson) Susan Eisenhower (granddaughter) Mary Jean Eisenhower (granddaughter) Jennie Eisenhower (great-granddaughter) Ida Stover Eisenhower (mother) David Jacob Eisenhower (father) Earl D. Eisenhower (brother) Edgar N. Eisenhower (brother) Milton S. Eisenhower (brother)

Related	Eisenhower baseball controversy Camp David "And I don't care what it is" Atoms for Peace Award Eddie Slovik Kay Summersby

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