Eisenhower Monument, (sculpture).

Eisenhower Monument, (sculpture).

Dean, Robert L., Jr., 1929- , sculptor.

Logan, Douglas, designer.

Unknown (Montecatini Term, Italy), founder.

Eisenhower Monument, (sculpture).

Modeled 1981-1982. Dedicated 1983.

Sculpture: bronze; Base, wall, and benches: bluff red granite; Plaza: Tennessee Crab Orchard stone.

Sculpture: approx. H. 9 ft. 4 in.; Base: approx. H. 6 in. (1,200 lbs.).

ROBERT L. DEAN, JR SCULPTOR/CLASS OF 1953 A.O.G./(copyright symbol)/USMA (On front of base:) DWIGHT/DAVID/EISENHOWER/1890-1969 (On side of base:) PRESIDENT/OF THE/UNITED STATES/1953-1961 (On side of base:) YOU ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK UPON THE GREAT CRUSADE, TOWARD WHICH WE HAVE STRIVEN THESE MANY MONTHS. THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE UPON YOU. THE HOPES AND PRAYERS OF LIBERTY-LOVING PEOPLE EVERY WHERE MARCH WITH YOU. signed

A standing portrait of General Eisenhower with his hands on his hips and his proper left knee slightly bent. He is dressed in his military uniform and hat. The sculpture rests on a square base that is adorned with the five stars of the General of the Army, the presidential seal, the flaming sword shoulder patch, and an excerpt from Eisenhower's D-Day message to soldiers, sailors, and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force on June 6, 1944. The monument is installed in a plaza resembling the outline of the flaming sword shoulder patch of the Allied Expeditionary Force. Surrounding the plaza is a red granite wall lined with red granite benches.

History -- United States -- World War II

Portrait male -- Eisenhower, Dwight D. -- Full length

Occupation -- Political -- President

Occupation -- Military -- General

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Emblem -- Military Insignia

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- West Point

Administered by United States Department of the Army, United States Military Academy, West Point Museum, West Point, New York 10996

Located United States Military Academy, The Plain, West Point, New York 10996

The monument was funded by Virgil M. Pinkley who made a substantial gift in 1980 to be devoted to a statue of Eisenhower. A special Eisenhower Monument Committee was established and the West Point Fund Committee was appointed to raise the necessary additional funds for the monument. The final cost of the monument amounted to approximately $300,000, an amount which was raised through the contributions of over 1,200 individuals. The sculptor's model was approved in April 1981, and in late 1982 the full-size model was approved and the molds were shipped to the foundry in Montecatini Term outside of Florence, Italy. Douglas Logan designed the granite portion of the monument. IAS files contain an excerpt from "History of the Monument;" a newspaper article from Pointer View (May 6, 1983), pg. 4; and a United States Military Academy fact sheet.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.

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