Eisenhower Statehood Monument

The Eisenhower Statehood Monument features a bronze bust of the thirty-fourth president set upon a granite pedestal. It commemorates the signing of the Alaska Statehood Act in nineteen fifty-eight. Dwight Eisenhower signed the bill into law inside the Oval Office, officially making Alaska the forty-ninth state. Local residents raised the funds for this bronze likeness to honor that moment. It sits in the heart of downtown, marking the transition of the territory into the union.