Changes to Eisenhower Memorial unveiled

The changes famed architect Frank Gehry made to his design of the Eisenhower Memorial were unveiled Tuesday on Capitol Hill, but he left one of the most controversial elements untouched.

In response to the Eisenhower family’s concerns about the depiction of the general and president as a barefoot boy, Gehry scrapped that statue in favor of a rendition depicting Eisenhower as a young cadet. Two other statues of Eisenhower flank the young cadet statue: one is a scene with him as a general addressing his troops, the other is of him as an elder statesman. Both older depictions are based on well-known photographs of Eisenhower.