Posted by artscivica on February 15, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Nicolaus Mills, who wrote the authoritative book on the National World War II Memorial, comments in the Daily Beast: Disputed Vision: It’s D-Day for Ike’s Memorial 02.15.16 12:00 AM ET The battle over plans for a Washington memorial to Dwight Eisenhower drags on, but meanwhile more and more of the Greatest Generation fades away each … Read more
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Posted by artscivica on April 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment
National Journal published an excellent overview of the controversy over the Eisenhower Memorial: How Should We Remember Ike? by Christopher Snow Hopkins Updated: April 20, 2012 | 4:10 p.m. April 18, 2012 | 9:30 p.m. A battle is under way over the legacy of the 34th president, and at the heart of it is Dwight D. … Read more
Posted by artscivica on February 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Politico reported on the opposition to Frank Gehry’s ugly design for the Eisenhower Memorial: Memorial design sparks controversy By: Puja Murgai February 15, 2012 10:49 PM EST How should Dwight D. Eisenhower be remembered? As the Supreme Allied Commander of World War II? As the president of the United States who fostered an era of … Read more
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Posted by artscivica on February 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment
In the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pulitzer-Prize winner David Shribman thoughtfully weighs in on the controversy regarding how President Eisenhower ought to be memorialized. His article does an excellent job at placing Eisenhower in historical context. National Perspective: Which Ike to Like? By David Shribman In World War II, he tamed America’s allies and conquered its adversaries. … Read more
Posted by artscivica on February 7, 2012 · 1 Comment
Susan Eisenhower has written another important commentary (www.susaneisenhower.com) about the ghastly planned memorial to her grandfather. She responds to various claims made by Dan Feil, the Eisenhower Memorial Commission’s executive architect.
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Posted by artscivica on January 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment
WORLD magazine published a piercing critique of the planned Eisenhower Memorial: Mystic chords: The Proposed Eisenhower Memorial Reflects a Nation that has Forgotten Greatness . . . The Eisenhower National Memorial was commissioned in 1999, but the design was not unveiled until late last year, to a mixed reception. Early in January the controversy exploded … Read more
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Posted by artscivica on January 31, 2012 · 1 Comment
Susan Eisenhower has launched an exciting new blog (www.susaneisenhower.com) to express her criticisms of the planned Memorial to honor her grandfather, President Eisenhower. We encourage to read her thoughtful, highly persuasive commentary. The entire Eisenhower family has previously written a letter calling for a halt to the Memorial. And in December 2011, David Eisenhower … Read more
Posted by artscivica on January 25, 2012 · 1 Comment
The Daily Caller published a hard-hitting news story on the opposition to Frank Gehry’s ghastly design for the Eisenhower Memorial: The family of the late Dwight Eisenhower has come out against a planned memorial to the former president that they believe is inappropriate, unsustainable and not in keeping with his wishes. Plans for the memorial, … Read more
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Posted by artscivica on January 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Washingtonian magazine features an excellent interview of Susan Eisenhower by Carol Ross Joynt regarding the planned Eisenhower Memorial: When it comes to presidential families, the Eisenhower family is among the quietest. Rarely do they speak up about anything, but that has changed dramatically as plans are finalized for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial adjacent to … Read more
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Posted by artscivica on January 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment
NPR’s “All Things Considered” aired an excellent report on the Memorial, which you can listen to here. Listen to the voice of Daniel J. Feil, the executive architect of the Eisenhower Memorial Commission, to hear how defensive he sounds. That NPR mentions the “Unbuilt Washington” exhibit at the National Building Museum strongly suggests that this … Read more
Posted by artscivica on January 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The people of Kansas are starting to learn just how offensive the Eisenhower Memorial is. Brandon James Smith writes in the Wichita Eagle: Eisenhower is, without a doubt, one of Kansas’ best-known citizens. . . . But the current plans for the memorial are a postmodern monstrosity of enormous concrete pillars and steel tapestries lording … Read more
Posted by artscivica on January 10, 2012 · 1 Comment
The National Civic Art Society today obtained copies of the letters the Eisenhower family sent yesterday to the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) calling for a halt to the authorization of the Eisenhower Memorial. A scan of the letters obtained from NCPC can be found here. The family’s criticisms of the Memorial echo those … Read more
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Posted by artscivica on January 6, 2012 · 1 Comment
Immediately after The Washington Post reported the Eisenhower family’s increasingly vocal opposition to Frank Gehry’s design for the Eisenhower Memorial, the Eisenhower Memorial Commission announced that David Eisenhower had resigned from the Commission. This is extremely significant since David was the Eisenhower family’s sole representative on the Commission. Note that in the 1960s, when the … Read more
