The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial is one of the newer of the National Park units, established in 2000 it opened to the public in September of 2020. It is a large plaza with two statue groupings one as the Commander of the unified forces that defeated Germany and the other as President. There is a swath of grass diagonally along the block long plaza bordered by Kansas prairie grasses and flanked by two tall towers with his highest military rank and civilian achievements inscribed on them. The Memorial is located on Independence across the street from the Air and Space of the Smithsonian. Towering over the entire memorial is a 60 foot by 440 foot metal tapestry of the Pointe du Hoc cliffs at Normandy. It is illuminated at night - during the day is it difficult to view the whole scene. There is a small VC and audio tours are free.
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