When he entered office in 1953, Eisenhower found a country which had achieved great global triumph but been battered by a costly, divisive regional conflict in Korea. It is easy to see America’s current crisis as singular, but many of its elements would be familiar to Ike. In this time of darkness, Eisenhower’s example is as important as ever. As the disease rages and economy sputters, America’s civic life is unraveling. 17 to cut the ribbon for “Eisenhower Park” - a $150 million memorial marked by a massive steel tapestry with seven-story high columns and nine-foot tall statues spread across four tree-filled acres - the pandemic has only gotten worse. As the country grappled with its greatest crisis since the era that made Ike a hero, the symbol of the kind of nation he represented and tried to build - and the global role it aspired for - stood ready, gleaming, yet temporarily shuttered, awaiting a new day. Eisenhower readied to open officially just off the national mall in Washington, the celebration was shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Four months ago, as America’s monument to Dwight D.
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