Stars and Stripes: WWI Memorial Shows How to Redesign Ike’s
Sam Roche, of the organization Right by Ike, writes in Stars and Stripes: Organizers of the stalled presidential memorial to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower should look to another memorial’s example to get...
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Hannah Hess reports for Roll Call: Despite rosy projections from Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission staff of breaking ground on a monument to the 34th president in the next calendar year, Capitol...
View ArticleEisenhower Memorial Commissioner Rep. Mike Simpson Calls for Design Reset
According to Roll Call: Ask Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, about the fate of architect Frank Gehry’s design for the Dwight D. Eisenhower memorial and he’ll tell you it’s time to wipe the slate clean and...
View ArticleU.S. House Bill Seeks to Defund Eisenhower Memorial Design, Calls for “Reset”
The Free Beacon reports: A new bill in the House of Representatives would likely scuttle the controversial memorial to Dwight D. Eisenhower opposed by the 34th president’s family. The bill from the...
View ArticleNational Review: Congress Needs to Kill Frank Gehry’s Awful Eisenhower...
Architecture critic Catesby Leigh comments for National Review: Congress Needs to Kill Frank Gehry’s Awful Eisenhower Memorial Once and For All For thousands of years, erecting a monument to a great...
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Editorial: Bob Dole Is Wrong: Ike’s Memorial Should...
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette editorial board writes: Do It Right Bob Dole has a new project. Long a champion of this country’s veterans, his own withered arm says more about his wartime service and...
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Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner Calls for Reset of Ike Memorial
Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin sent this strongly worded letter (PDF here) to the chairman and ranking member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee: Dear Chairman [Harold] Rogers and...
View ArticleGeorge Will: The Proposed Eisenhower Memorial Is a Monstrosity
George F. Will published the following column in the Washington Post: The Proposed Eisenhower Memorial Is a Monstrosity By George F. Will August 19, 2015 We could wearily shrug, say “Oh, well,” and...
View Article*** Congress Zeroes All Construction Funds for Eisenhower Memorial Design ***
The Free Beacon reports: Congress Zeroes Construction Funds for Eisenhower Memorial Omnibus text cites ‘concerns’ from Congress, Eisenhower family By: Morgan Chalfant December 17, 2015 1:15 pm Congress...
View ArticleDaily Beast: Gehry’s Eisenhower Memorial Does not Befit the President’s Humility
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...
View ArticleWaPo: It’s Time for a Do-Over for the Eisenhower Memorial
Sam Roche comments in the Washington Post: A Do-Over for Ike: Scrap the Pricey Memorial Design and Hold a Public Competition By Sam Roche February 12 at 1:48 PM Congress may not be very popular these...
View ArticleFree Beacon: Fundraising Woes Continue for Eisenhower Memorial
The Free Beacon reports: Fundraising Woes Continue for Eisenhower Memorial Controversial design by Frank Gehry has raised at most $4.7 million in five years BY: Blake Seitz April 26, 2016 2:00 pm Five...
View ArticleHouse Appropriators Recommend Zeroing Funding for Eisenhower Memorial
The Free Beacon reports: House Appropriations Committee Recommends Zeroing Funding for Eisenhower Memorial Memorial commission unwilling to consider ‘sensible revisions’ BY: Blake Seitz June 14, 2016...
View Article58 Generals, Admirals Sign Letter Opposing Design of Eisenhower Memorial
The Free Beacon reports: 58 Generals, Admirals Sign Letter Opposing Design of Eisenhower Memorial Seek a memorial that ‘unites rather than divides’ BY: Blake Seitz September 13, 2016 5:20 pm...
View ArticleNCPC Commissioners “Puzzled” by Eisenhower Memorial Design Changes
CurbedDC reports: NCPC ‘puzzled’ by Eisenhower Memorial design changes, approves project anyway Further criticisms included that the new design is “confused, illegible, and weak” BY MICHELLE GOLDCHAIN...
View ArticleThe American Conservative: Eisenhower Memorial Carried Forward by Resignation...
Micah Meadowcraft writes for The American Conservative: Will Eisenhower Ever Have a Fitting Memorial? By MICAH MEADOWCROFT • March 8, 2017, 12:00 AM Few seem to really like it, but for now it seems to...
View ArticleBreitbart: Save Eisenhower’s Memorial from Washington
Sam Roche writes for Breitbart: Save Eisenhower’s Memorial from Washington 26 Mar 2017 Breitbart The swamp in Washington encroaches on our very Mall, where it threatens to claim a planned memorial to...
View ArticleWeekly Standard: Ike Would’ve Hated His Proposed Memorial
Alice B. Lloyd wrote in the Weekly Standard: Drunk History Frank Gehry’s proposed Eisenhower monument is an impressionistic metal-wrought doodle of the cliffs of Normandy. Ike would have hated it....
View ArticlePhotos of Hideous Eisenhower Memorial Tapestry Mockup
On September 20, 2017, a mockup of the Eisenhower Memorial steel “tapestry” was hung on site in front of the Department of Education Building in Washington, D.C. Each panel of the mockup was 3′ X 15′....
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The Federalist: Only Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Can Stop the Eisenhower...
Catesby Leigh writes in The Federalist: 3 Reasons The Dwight Eisenhower Memorial Design Is A Disgrace To America Frank Gehry’s hideous design has finally cleared the last official review-board hurdle....
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