FOXNews.com: Eisenhower family miffed over planned memorial display

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Eisenhower family miffed over planned memorial display Mar 20th 2012, 11:34 The family members of Dwight D. Eisenhower are upset over a memorial for the late president that prominently features a small monument showing Ike as a child and barefoot rather than giving greater attention to the war hero and world leader he became.  Susan Eisenhower, the president's granddaughter, is testifying Tuesday to object to the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands about the design by famous architect Frank Gehry, who designed the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. According to the design plan, the memorial park, framed by large metal tapestries depicting Eisenhower's boyhood home in Kansas, contains two statues -- the young Eisenhower marveling at a statue of himself after his accomplishments. The family has said it finds the main theme of the memorial offensive to his legacy as a two-term president and a Supreme Allied commander during World War II.  Although the memorial design was unveiled a year ago, the opposition to it grew louder this winter after grandson David Eisenhower resigned from the Eisenhower Memorial Commission, which selected Gehry for the design in March 2010.  The memorial is supposed to be built near the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Eisenhower's library in Abilene, Kansas, does contain several images of the 34th president as an adult.

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