Brownback wants Eisenhower statue on Kansas Statehouse grounds

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback thinks President Dwight Eisenhower should have more than a sidewalk plaque to honor him on the Statehouse grounds.

The state unveiled the plaque Wednesday during a ceremony. It is the 11th on a “Walk of Honor” started in 2011. The event was a week before the 125th anniversary of Eisenhower’s birth in 1890.

During his remarks, Brownback proposed putting a statue of Ike outside the Statehouse and pointed toward a slope on the northwest side of the grounds. The governor later told reporters his office has been working sporadically on the project for about two years.

Eisenhower, who grew up in Abilene, was a five-star Army general and supreme Allied commander in World War II before serving as president from 1953 to 1961. He died in 1969.

This story was originally published October 7, 2015 at 2:47 PM with the headline "Brownback wants Eisenhower statue on Kansas Statehouse grounds."