General Dwight D. Eisenhower

This statue of General Dwight D. Eisenhower is at his Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home.



The base is engraved:





SUPREME COMMANDER ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCES
February 13, 1944 -- July 13, 1945
"Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force: You are about to embark upon the great crusade"
Message to Troops of the A.E.F.
June 6, 1944

GENERAL OF THE ARMY
December 20, 1944
"I cannot let this day pass without telling the fighting men ... that my fondest boast shall always be: I was their fellow-soldier"
Address to the American Soldier
February 7, 1948

CHIEF OF STAFF, UNITED STATES ARMY
November 19, 1945 -- February 7, 1948
"It is a grievous error to forget for one second the might and power of this great republic"
Letter to Walter Bedell Smith
November 28, 1947

SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER EUROPE
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION
December 21, 1950 -- May 31, 1952
"The members of this command are of many nations working together ... for the cause that lies nearest our hearts today -- the preservation of peace"
Statement for British Broadcasting Corporation Series "Atlantic Alliance"
February 1, 1952

34th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
January 20, 1953 -- January 20, 1961
"The quest for peace is the statesman's most exacting duty ... practical progress to lasting peace is his fondest hope."
Statement on Disarmament Geneva Conference
July 21, 1955

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