Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial

Dwight D. Eisenhower served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force from 1944 to 1945 and as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. In words drawn from his wartime and presidential addresses, he spoke of his pride in coming from Abilene, Kansas, hailed the Allied drive to victory on D-Day, and stressed that any honors given a commander belonged above all to the men and women whose courage, sacrifice, and service made victory possible. He called for humility, international cooperation, peace with justice, national strength joined to moral purpose, and vigilance in defense of liberty. He also warned that the United States must guard against unwarranted influence by the military-industrial complex while balancing military power, technological change, and democratic principles in pursuit of peace, progress, liberty, dignity, and integrity among peoples and nations.

Washington, District of Columbia · United States