gehry was selected in 2009. he submitted his first design in 2010 and it went through many iterations, which is a requirement in d.c., before this final design was approved. the parks service issued the permit. the building process was about 30 months. >> how much do something like this cost? >> the total was about $150 million. most of that are federal funds. presidential memorials traditionally are undertakings of the people. unlike a lot of the memorials in washington, they are started by a nonprofit. congress grants land for that. but the now seven presidential memorials have been paid for by federally appropriated dollars. in this case, we did raise $50 million of private funds for this project. sorry, $15 million of private funds for this project. our history is told in many different ways and one of the ways is through memorials and monuments, particularly in washington, d.c. we have educational programs that will be hosted by the eisenhower foundation. we will have a lot of teaching resources. you look o

it's a quite unfair reputation for gehry. gehry, as an architect, does architects do, which is to marshall a lot of forces and creative types, a lot of different clients. people that have an interest in how this project comes out. to get them on the same page and come up essentially with a compromise. that is what he did in the case of the memorial for eisenhower. he kept at it. he kept working with the design oversight groups in washington and working with the family. and there were several meetings, some went well. eventually, after making some substantial changes to the design, including removing some of the tapestries and moving the sculptures around and changing the symbolism, he got the family on board. he now cites that as one of his happiest accomplishments in the whole come along, protracted struggle to get the memorial built. >> what about the role of the commission in congress? it seemed at one point this was going to be defunded. philip: it effectively was defunded. they removed the money for construction. for a w

it's based on a drawing by the man who designed the memorial: famed aritect frank gehry. >> brown: gehry, now 91, is renoed for buildings such as the guggenheim museum in bilbao, spain, walt disney hall los angeles, the new world center in miami beach. memorial nor had hgned anya structure in washington, d.c. >> my first reaction was, why would i want to go to washingtoe aninvolved with all of that? once i did that, i realid how impossible that site was to manage because it had traffic. it had tee office buildings. you couldn't put something in front of them easily. >> brown: but gehry realized he could play to that environment-- nestling a monument to eisenhower amid government entities that ike as president was responsible for helping bring about: the department of education, the federal aviation administration and what is now known as theealth and human services administration. >> so that that became powerful to consider that here he was being placed in the milieu of his accomplishments, representey hese three office buildings on the way to the capitol. including many in the eisenhowe

it was those roots that grabbed gehry as well. >> that was powerful for me. and i went to abilene and saw where he was buried and saw the community he lived in and saw the bedroom he lived in th his other two brothers. wasn't very big and ver modest. everything was super, super modest. and it was jt a lot of things i believed in.gt >> brown: wash is a city of monuments and memorials, including: washington, jefferson, lincoln. re recently the vietnam memorial opened in the '80s,r. f.n the early '90s, world war ii in the 2000s and the martin in 2011. c memorial and the builditinues: a memorial to native american the shadow of the capitol and a world war i memorial is about to be completed not far away. but the eisenhower memorial also orens at a very tense time the nation, with a very different kind of republican president, and a focus on the history that statues and memorials purporto honor. >> we're in a completely started this memorhan when we we need to have a pause. weeed to take a moment to think about it. >> brown: brown university visiting professor and

. >> reporter: renown architect frank gehry sa. >> i had to do it. i wanted to do it. i couldn't stop. >> gehry's winning design based on guidance from a commission appointed by congress bears little resemblance to the memorial now built. at its center was a statue of ike as a boy in kansas. looking out on a series of mettle skrims or tappest tris as gary calls them featuring key events in his life. >> i think we were perplexed by the design because -- >> the family was not pleased. >> the idea that a young boy would be looking at his future and wishing, what, to become commander of the most devastating war in human history? i don't think he was dreaming to do that. >> reporter: how did you respond to that? >> well, i had to agree with them. because you know they wliftd. they knew better than me. >> reporter: finally after years of wranging itook james baker to broker a deal. now there's just one large metal tappest tri representing the 1 hoot-foot cliff on the coast of normandy scaled by army rangers under german fire on d-day. >> the funny thing is how do you make a

so please welcome frank gehry. frank: what a day today.ly honored to be part of this effort to memorialize dwight d. eisenhower in washington, d.c. to prepare for this formidable task, i studied everything. i read everything that i could find on his accomplishments, and they were vast. what a legacy. at first glance, the site did not seem great, surrounded by traffic and office buildings, but that was it. and with the help of many, starting with words of encouragement from daniel inouye, and support of members of the eisenhower memorial commission, led by senator pat roberts, we got it done. there were sensitivities expressed by many including the eisenhower family. we listened to all and the result is better. for my life this is one of my proudest moments and i regret that i cannot be there to enjoy this with you. >> directed by colonel jason, please welcome the president's own united states marine band and their rendition of song of the marching man, an arrangement performed at both the 1953 and 1957 inaugurations for president eisenhowe

the memorial designer, frank gehry, and his partners unfortunately are unable to join us tonight, buthave to be in the same place together. so, frank, i know you and your team are watching. the brilliance of this memorial will reverberate around the world and live the legacy of dwight d. eisenhower to an unending global audience. tonight as we dedicate this memorial, we stand on the shoulders of some giant who made it possible. senators ted stevens, then senator daniel inouye and senator lisa murkowski who left his effort alive through her great support. [applause] we couldn't have done this without you, lisa, and i really appreciate it. i want to thank my fellow commissioners as was already done, but to allow us to conduct our business in a supporting way truly an image of the man of the honor tonight, and i want to thank one commissioner in particular, and he's already been thanked and deservedly so, and that is bob dolecome in and talk briefly on the battlefields of italy, under ike's command although gravely wounded, he fought both come his way back to the health and a wonderful c

speakers include memorial designer frank gehry, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, memorial commission chair senator pat roberts and president eisenhower's grandchildren, david and susan eisenhower. the dedication of the new dwight the eisenhower memorial live at 7 pm eastern on cspan2, on line at cspan.org or listen live on the c-span radio app. >> weeknights this month, we are featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what is available every weekend on c-span 3. thursday night, a look at reconstruction amendments. daniel crofts discusses his book lincoln and the politics of slavery. the other 13th amendment and the struggle to save the union. he describes how, in 1861, lincoln and the republican party, supported a constitutional amendment quite different from the one that was eventually ratified in 1865. watch thursday beginning at 8 pm eastern, american history tv this week and every weekend on cspan3. ♪ ♪ >> in the years before 1941, japan built a great war machine and prepared for a mad gamble with the rest of the world. finally, it played its hand. and los

speakers include memorial designer frank gehry, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, memorial commission chair senator pat roberts and president eisenhower's grandchildren, david and susan eisenhower. the dedication of the new dwight the eisenhower memorial live at 7 pm eastern on cspan2, on line at cspan.org or listen live on the c-span radio app. >> weeknights this month, we are featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what is available every weekend on c-span 3. thursday night, a look at reconstruction amendments. daniel crofts discusses his book lincoln and the politics of slavery. the other 13th amendment and the struggle to save the union. he describes how, in 1861, n

speakers include memorial designer frank gehry, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, memorials commission chairs senator pat roberts and president eisenhower's grandchildren, david and susan eisenhower. the dedication of the new dwight tyson hauer memorial live at 7 pm eastern on cspan2, online at cspan.org or listen live on the c-span radio app. >> weeknights this month, we are featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what is available every weekend on c-span 3. thursday night, a look at reconstruction amendments. daniel crofts discusses his book lincoln and the politics of slavery: the other 13th amendment and the struggle to save the union. he describes how, in 1861, lincoln and the republican party supported a constitutional amendment quite different from the one that was eventually ratified in 1865. watch thursday beginning at 8 pm eastern, american history tv this week and every weekend on c-span 3. >> in 1898, murray curry discover new element, radium. 47 years later, the atomic bomb named a little boy was dropped on hiroshima, japan on august 6th, 1945. up

speakers include memorial designer frank gehry, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, memorialberts and president eisenhower's grandchildren, david and susan eisenhower. the dedication of the new dwight the eisenhower memorial live at 7 pm eastern on c-span two online at cspan.org or listen live on the c-span radio app. >> weeknights this month, we are featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what is available every weekend on c-span 3. thursday night, a look at reconstruction amendments. daniel crofts discusses his books lincoln and the politics of slavery: the other 13th amendment and the struggle to save the union. he describes how in 1861, lincoln and the republican party is supported a constitutional amendment quite different from the one that was eventually ratified in 1865. watch thursday beginning at 8 pm eastern, american history tv this week and every weekend on cspan3. >> that bird on the wing is

announcer: this sunday on american artifacts, the new frank gehry designed park and memorial to dwight david eisenhower, which occupies a location near the u.s. capitol, and the national air and space museum. here is a preview. he found that 101st airborne. he wanted to know if anybody was from kansas. soldiers do not represent particular people, but some of the people that were there say he was talking about flyfishing. may be true, maybe not, but that is the story. you will notice that the paratroopers, the gear had to be strapped to their bodies, so you will see straps, some of them hold ammunition, some the things they would need to survive, because they were being dropped behind lines. there is eisenhower with the eisenhower jacket, cut off at the waist. the other thing i want you to look at is how young some of the soldiers are. the two on the outside of this grouping of four look young. it is a reminder of these soldiers going on the invasion the next day, a lot of them were just kids, so that is reflected here in this sculpture. our history is told in many different ways in ame

speakers include memorial designer frank gehry, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, memorial commission chair senator pat roberts, and president dwight eisenhower's children. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, a live discussion with bob woodward on his new book "rage," which looks at president trumps national and foreign policy positions. watch book tv on c-span2. "q&a," haroldn holzer on his book "the presidents versus the press." mr. holzer talks about presidents from fdr to donald trump. >> when president trump tweets early in the morning, as he does almost daily, the new cycle immediately bends to his latest issue, idea, rant, complaint, attack. devoted to cycle is rehashing his tweets and analyzing them, and in the case of talking heads come a pushing back against it on some networks. backlking heads, pushing against it on some networks. this is genius on the part of trump. trump is a president of such mastery of twitter that he ranks with fdr and radio and jfk and television. nightold holzer, sunday on c-span's "q&a." >> a lo

speakers include memorial designer frank gehry, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, memorialcommission chair senator pat roberts and president eisenhower's grandchildren david and susan eisenhower. the dedication of the dwight eisenhower memorial live 7 p.m. on c-span2. online at c-span.org, or listen live on the c-span radio that. >>> continue to burn along the coast the senate environment and public works subcommittee considers what is that of options for addressing the

the ceremony, in person, and by video because of the coronavirus, included memorial designer frank gehry, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, family members david and susan eisenhower, and eisenhower memorial commission

. >> reporter: frank gehry said he never really studied eisenhower until he was invited to compete forign the new memorial. but then... >> i had to do it. i wanted to do it. i couldn't stop. >> reporter: his original winning design, based on guidance from a commission appointed by congress, bears little resemblance to the memorial now built. at its center was a statue of ike as a boy in kansas, looking out on a series of medal ta tapestries featuring key events in his life. the family was not pleased. >> the idea that a young boy would be looking at his future and wishing, what, to become commander of the most devastating war in human history? i don't think he was dreaming to do that. >> reporter: how did you respond to that? >> i had to agree with them because they lived with it. they knew better than me. >> reporter: finally, after years of wrangling between the commission and the family, it took former secretary of state james baker to broker a deal. now there is just one large medal tapestry, representing print to oak, the 100-foot cliff on the coast of normandy scaled by army rang

the ceremony, in person and by video because of the coronavirus, included memorial designer frank gehry, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, family members david and susan eisenhower, and eisenhower memorial commission chair sen. pat roberts. ♪ [bugle] ♪

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speakers include frank gehry, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, memorial commission chair, senator pat roberts, and president eisenhower's grandchildren, david and susan eisenhower. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> with the ongoing global pandemic and many schools shifting to online learning, c-span's student cam competition continues to provide students with a platform to engage in a national conversation, we're asking middle and high school students to produce a five to six-minute documentary exploring the issues they most want the president and new congress to address in 2021. >> fact or reason. the framers of the constitution were invested in giving american citizens justice, including those who committed crimes. from them to present day, there have still been issues with equality in the criminal justice system. it needs reform. >> when youth are given the opportunity and the skills to become informed voters and engaged citizens, they vote. because democracy must be learned. >> from inequity and long waits for legal doc

speakers include memorial designer frank gehry, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, senator pat roberts and president eisenhower's grandchildren david and susan eisenhower. dedication of the new dwight eisenhower memorial live at 7 pm eastern on cspan2 online at cspan.org or listen live on the c-span radio app. >> the senate judiciary subcommittee on intellectual property held a hearing on the 1998 digital millennium copyright act which outlines when website hosts are required to remove pirated content. witnesses included musicians, authors, photographers, filmmakers and ahead of the internet association. >> a ceremony will come to order. well i'm disappointed we can't all be together in person today, i'm grateful to chairman graham, and our ranking members clerk for facilitating this through web apps. as an initial matter, i want to make sure this subcommittee hearing is not distracting from the full committee. and my personal work on other pressing issues facing our nation. congress must address issues of police brutality and the horrific circumstances that led to the murder o

speakers include memorial designer frank gehry, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, memorial commission chair senator pat roberts and president eisenhower's grandchildren david and susan eisenhower. the dedication of the dwight eisenhower memorial live 7 p.m. on c-span2. online at c-span.org, or listen live on the c-span radio that. >>> continue to burn along the coast the senate environment and public works subcommittee considers what is that of options for addressing the wildfires and forest management. this two and a half hour hearing included testimony from an interior department official and deputy chief of the u.s. forest service. receive testimony on 15 bills pending before the public lands forest service and mining subcommittee. because of the large number of bills on today's agenda, i'm not going to go through all of them right now, but the complete agenda will of course be included in the record. i want to know they have a former member of the committee here, senator landrieu with us in the back and we've got members who will be joining us shortly have another commi

speakers include memorial designer frank gehry, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, memorial commission chair senator pat roberts and president eisenhower's grandchildren, david and susan eisenhower. the dedication of the new dwight d. eisenhower memorial. live at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2, online at c-span.org or listen live on the c-span radio app. >>> weeknights this month, we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight, a look at reconstruction amendments. daniel crofts discusses "lincoln and the politics of slavery." the other 13th amendment and the struggle to save the union. he he describes how in 1861, lincoln and the republican party supported a constitutional amendment quite different from the one that was eventually ratified in 1865. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern. american history tv. this week and every weekend on c-span3. >>> up next, state department officials testify about the firing of the agency's inspector general, steve linick and secretary of state mike pompeo's role in the party