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Barefoot in the park

  February 08, 2012

The dispute between the Eisenhower family and architect Frank Gehry over his design for the former president’s memorial on the Washington Mall is both regretful and familiar. The family criticizes Gehry’s decision to portray Eisenhower, who had been the supreme Allied commander for the invasion of Normandy, as a barefoot boy from Abilene, Kansas, staring at a tapestry depicting the great achievements in his future.

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