The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial is a proposed United States presidential memorial to be constructed for Dwight D. Eisenhower the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II and the 34th President of the United States.
On October 25, 1999, the United States Congress created the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission under Public Law 106-79. The law states that “… an appropriate permanent memorial to Dwight D. Eisenhower should be created to perpetuate his memory and his contributions to the United States.”
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