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Topeka, Kansas: General Ike

The statue depicts Dwight Eisenhower as he looked talking to his troops a few hours before the D-Day landings.

Address:
319 SW 8th Ave., Topeka, KS
Directions:
On the the northwest side of the Kansas State Capitol grounds, at the corner of SW Harrison St. and SW 8th Ave.
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Eisenhower statue.

General Ike

The future U.S. President stands atop a cement base on the northwest side of the Kansas State Capitol. This larger-than-life statue is in full military uniform.

[Gan Nunnally, 09/10/2020]

The statue depicts Dwight Eisenhower as he looked talking to his troops a few hours before the D-Day landings. Its sculptor, Jim Brothers, died in his art studio five years before this statue was unveiled in 2018.

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