Dean Jr., Class of 1953, and erected in May 1983 on a pedestal of red granite.Įisenhower was a 1915 graduate of the Military Academy and served as President of the United States from 1953-1961. The figure at the top, "Lady Fame" or "Victory," was sculpted by Frederick MacMonnies, who also did the Nathan statue in City Hall Park in New York City. The shaft is reportedly the largest polished granite shaft in the Western Hemisphere. Battle Monument was designed by an architecture engineering firm that included Stanford White, one of the nation's foremost architectural designers of the late 19th century. It was dedicated in 1897 "in memory of the officers and men of the American Army who fell in battle," specifically the Regular Army casualties of the North during the Civil War. Hale Perhaps the most prominent and majestic monument at the Academy is the Battle Monument. The nine-foot bronze sculpture was sculpted by Felix de Weldon, who also did the Iwo Jima Statue at Arlington National Cemetery. It was dedicated "To The American Soldier" and became the first statue at West Point to honor our nation's enlisted personnel. In 1980, a statue of three American World War II soldiers was presented to the Academy and the Corps of Cadets by the classes of 19.
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