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The National Civic Art Society is a non-profit educational institution dedicated to the traditional, humanistic practice of architecture, urban design and the fine arts. The Society advocates the humanist tradition as the unrivalled source of artistic forms and conventions.

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Register Now for The Eisenhower Memorial Competition!

The recent selection of a Frank Gehry design for a national monument to Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States and the Supreme Commander of the victorious Allied Forces in Europe in the Second World War, is deeply troubling to many Americans. Devoid of, and in defiance of, traditional aesthetic principles, the proposed design does not convey the meaning, inspiration and dignity suitable to commemorate a distinguished general and president of the United States. Gehry's proposed basketball court-sized metal mesh screens hung between massive concrete posts over sixty feel tall would be an uncivil, brutal insult to the classical city envisioned by Pierre L'Enfant and our nation's Founders.

For that reason, this spring, the National Civic Art Society (NCAS) and the Institute for Classical Architecture & Classical America (ICACA) Mid-Atlantic Chapter invites classical architects and artists to engage in a competition to design a counterproposal to Frank Gehry's design of a national monument to President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

The competition, which is open to any designer or team of designers who are citizens of the United States, will seek to encourage the design of appropriate, meaningful, and timeless memorials to Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States. The deadline for entry into the competition is April 15, 2011 at 5 PM Eastern.

For more information about the contest, prizes, and details of entry, please see the Eisenhower Memorial Competition 2011 page.

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