Forgotten audio of Eisenhower speech highlights his commitment to saving art in time of war T

[kpete]

“The freedom enjoyed by this country from the desolation that has swept over so many others during the past years gives to America greater opportunity than ever before to become the greatest of the world’s repositories of art,” he said.


/ The Associated Press - This April 12, 1945 photo provided by the National Archives Records Administration shows shows Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower finding art looted during World War II at the Merkers salt mine in Merkers, Germany. As commander of allied forces in Europe Eisenhower issued orders directing troops to safeguard objects of cultural and historical importance whenever possible. Thanks to the recent recovery of a recording of a speech the general gave on April 2, 1946 at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, historians can hear Eisenhower’s words on the subject. (AP Photo/National Archives Records Administration)

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He praised “the officers and men of the combat echelons whose veneration for priceless treasures persisted, even in the heat and fears of battle.”

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“The freedom enjoyed by this country from the desolation that has swept over so many others during the past years gives to America greater opportunity than ever before to become the greatest of the world’s repositories of art,” he said.

the rest, quite lovely, yes, kpete:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/forgotten_audio_of_eisenhower_speech_highlights_his_commitment_to_saving_art_in_time_of_war/2011/04/01/AF9btrEC_story.html


Online:

Monuments Men Foundation, http://www.monumentsmenfoundation.org/

Metropolitan Museum of Art, http://www.metmuseum.org/

[smokey nj]

1. Kick!

[BlueJazz]

2. Who would have thought that 60 years later, Democrats would be proud to...

...have a Republican President like Ike?