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Washington, D.C.'s Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial honors Eisenhower both as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War II and as the 34th president of the United States. Set just south of the National Mall, it was authorized by Congress in 1999 after efforts led in part by Rocco Siciliano and Senators Daniel Inouye and Ted Stevens. Designed by Frank Gehry, the memorial features monumental columns, a mesh tapestry depicting the Normandy landings, bronze sculptures by Sergey Eylanbekov, inscriptions by Nicholas Waite Benson, and other narrative elements. After years of controversy, redesign, and delay, it was approved in 2017 and dedicated in 2020.
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