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Eisenhower straddles the English Channel.
Eisenhower straddles the English Channel.

Statue #34: Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Rapid City, South Dakota

President Eisenhower (1953-1961) has a number of statues across the U.S., and most of them look similar to this one: dressed in his khaki uniform as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe on the eve of the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944. In this version, sculpted by Lee Leuning, Ike, hands on hips, appears to be standing on a pizza box, but he's actually straddling a map of the English Channel, with one foot on England and the other on Normandy.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower Statue.

Although Ike spent over 40 years in the military, commanding Allied forces in their greatest victories, he personally never saw combat.

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City of Presidents

Since 2000, Rapid City has commissioned and installed bronze statues of every former U.S. President on its downtown street corners. Visitors are encouraged to take a walking tour of the City of Presidents and inspect the nation's metallic Commanders in Chief. Paper guides are available year-round at the city's main Visitor Center at 512 Main St.

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Also see: America's Street Corner Presidents

Statue #34: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Address:
500 St Joseph St., Rapid City, SD
Directions:
Downtown. Northwest corner of St Joseph and 5th Sts.
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