Further Developments
In response to public criticism of Frank Gehry's concept, the National Civic Art Society, of Washington, D.C., launched a counterproposal competition in the spring of 2011.
In December 2011, David Eisenhower resigned from the Eisenhower Memorial Commission. As the family's representative, Commissioner Eisenhower voted three times in favor of the preferred design concept, including most recently at the July 2011 Commission meeting.
In January 2012, the National Civic Art Society launched a website called "The Truth About the Eisenhower Memorial," where it published a book-length report critical of the planning and design of the memorial. On March 20, 2012, the House Subcommitte on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands held a hearing on the memorial at which Susan and Anne Eisenhower; Bruce Cole, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities; the National Civic Art Society, and the National Monuments Foundation testified against the design. Susan Eisenhower said expressed her family's unified opposition to the design, and said that the tapestry and columns were unfortunately reminiscent of an "iron curtain" and missile silos, respectively.
In May 2012, Gehry proposed additional modifications to the memorial and the commission published new mock-ups by his firm on its website.
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