{"id":68025,"date":"2016-09-19T16:32:06","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T20:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=68025"},"modified":"2016-09-19T16:33:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T20:33:44","slug":"dwight-d-eisenhower-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=68025","title":{"rendered":"Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=68026\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68026\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Eisenhower-Memorial-500x292.jpg\" alt=\"Eisenhower Memorial\" width=\"500\" height=\"292\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Eisenhower-Memorial-500x292.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Eisenhower-Memorial-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Eisenhower-Memorial-768x449.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Eisenhower-Memorial.jpg 991w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article102729207.html\">McClatchy<\/a> reports that Dwight D. Eisenhower, our 34th President and the commander of the invasion of Hitler&#8217;s Europe will finally get a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eisenhowermemorial.org\/#\">Memorial in Washington, DC<\/a> a block or so from the National Mall. The memorial will focus on his leadership on D-Day, June 6, 1944.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=68027\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68027\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Eisenhower-Memorial2-500x300.jpg\" alt=\"Eisenhower Memorial2\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Eisenhower-Memorial2-500x300.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Eisenhower-Memorial2-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Eisenhower-Memorial2-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Eisenhower-Memorial2.jpg 982w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFrom Eisenhower\u2019s upbringing in Abilene, Kansas, to the pinnacle of power in the 1940s and 50s,\u201d [Susan Eisenhower, the president\u2019s granddaughter] said, \u201cEisenhower\u2019s origins and his leadership in war and in peace is an appropriate way to remember him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Baker, who was secretary of state under President George H.W. Bush, the memorial got a boost from Kansas\u2019 senior statesman, Bob Dole, a former senator and Republican presidential nominee.<\/p>\n<p>Dole, 93, had pushed for the memorial\u2019s completion as a tribute to the living World War II veterans Eisenhower led. According to the National World War II Museum, fewer than 700,000 of the 16 million Americans who served in the war are still living, including Dole.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s hoped that the project will be finished in time for the 75th anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McClatchy reports that Dwight D. Eisenhower, our 34th President and the commander of the invasion of &hellip; <a title=\"Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=68025\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dwight D. 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