Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Dedication
On Sept. 17, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission and members of the Eisenhower family dedicated a long-waited national memorial in Washington, D.C., to the World War II supreme allied commander and 34th president.![The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial is located in a new four-acre park, adjacent to the National Mall and across the street from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/2.%20Memorial%20Aerial%20%28evening%29.jpg?itok=6V6S35kH)
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial is located in a new four-acre park, adjacent to the National Mall and across the street from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
![Nine-foot-tall bronze sculptures by Sergey Eylanbekov depict Gen. Dwight Eisenhower speaking to his troops on the eve of the D-Day invasion.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/5.%20General%20Eisenhower%20Grouping.jpg?itok=ayyf_8Kc)
Nine-foot-tall bronze sculptures by Sergey Eylanbekov depict Gen. Dwight Eisenhower speaking to his troops on the eve of the D-Day invasion.
![A second group of sculptures depict President Dwight Eisenhower with a group of advisers in front of a map of the world.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/13.%20President%20Eisenhower%20Grouping%20%28daytime%29.jpg?itok=6vrdz3jf)
A second group of sculptures depict President Dwight Eisenhower with a group of advisers in front of a map of the world.
![The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial is the first public work of renowned architect Frank Gehry.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/14.%20President%20Eisenhower%20Grouping%20%28evening%29.jpg?itok=HPrJcJwl)
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial is the first public work of renowned architect Frank Gehry.
![Shifting sunlight and nighttime lighting give a dramatic effect to artist Tomas Osinski's stainless steel tapestry of the cliffs of Normandy in peacetime.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/29.%20Tapestry%20from%20DoEd%20promenade%20%28looking%20east%29.jpg?itok=URctif-7)
Shifting sunlight and nighttime lighting give a dramatic effect to artist Tomas Osinski's stainless steel tapestry of the cliffs of Normandy in peacetime.
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The "President's Own" U.S. Marine Band parades the colors at the dedication of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, D.C., Sept. 17.
![The quartet Voices of Service performs at the dedication of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, D.C., Sept. 17.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/091720_Eisenhower_Memorial_Dedication_0046%20%281%29.jpg?itok=Vs7XJBb0)
The quartet Voices of Service performs at the dedication of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, D.C., Sept. 17.