Base and plebeian… it mocks, in the voice of the nation, President Eisenhower and republican virtue. Facebook Twitter Pinterest General Dwight D Eisenhower, supreme commander of the allied expeditionary force, in 1945. Photograph by Alan Karchmer/ OttoFacebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Alan Karchmer/ OttoThe idea was to honour his humility. Photograph: Courtesy of Eisenhower Memorial CommissionThe statue of the boy Ike remains, but is less conspicuously located. It must have been the easiest thing in the world for Congress to sign off an Eisenhower memorial in 1999 – who could object?

Source: The Guardian September 06, 2020 10:30 UTC