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The Lewis and Clark Center Self-Guided Tour

United States Army Command and General Staff College

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

16. Gifts and Displays – Gifts to the College from former International students and visiting dignitaries are displayed throughout the building. The Frontier Army Museum and the Department of Military History host displays on the 3rd floor.

In the 3rd Floor South Classroom Hallway are gifts from International Student Classes as well as the Student Lounge that features some of the military artwork that classes have given to the College. In the 2nd Floor South Classroom Hallway are pictures of all former Deputy Commandants.

17. Arnold Conference Room – Named for General of the Army (later General of the Air Force) Henry H. Arnold. Arnold was an early aviation pioneer who commanded the Army Air Corps prior to WWII and oversaw its expansion to meet the challenges of the war. Arnold guided the Air Corps to be independent from ground and support forces; eventually leading to the creation of today’s Air Force.

18. Lewis and Clark Tribute Gallery – Dedicated to the building’s namesakes, the third floor gallery features artwork depicting the Corps of Discovery’s historic journey. The gallery prominently displays two miniature bronze statues of Captain Lewis and his first sergeant, John Ordway, donated to the College by the Fort Lewis chapter of the Association of the United States Army.

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International Hall of Fame – The International Hall of Fame was dedicated in 1973 to recognize International Officer graduates who, through military merit, have attained the highest positions in their nation’s armed forces or who have held an equivalent position by rank or responsibility in a multinational military organization. The Hall of Fame was re-commissioned in its present location in October 2007. Embedded in the Hall of Fame is a tribute to the significant contributions of local citizens who have rendered exemplary and lengthy service as sponsors for International Military Students and their families.

20. Lower Atrium – Located on the first floor, the Lower Atrium features the College’s iconic Joint Pub as well as plaques honoring individual award recipients from Command and General Staff Officer Classes. The area is used for many social functions throughout the school year.

21. AAFES Bookstore – The bookstore is open from 7 to 3 and has a large selection of military oriented books. Customers can special order any book currently in publication. In addition it has convenience items, gifts, snacks and drinks.

22. AAFES Barbershop – Open from 7 to 3:30.

23. CGSC Foundation – The Command and General Staff

College Foundation, Inc., is a tax-exempt, non-profit educational foundation that provides resources and support to the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in the development of tomorrow's military leaders.

24. AAFES Food Court – Open 7 to 2, the food court features Charley’s, Subway, Anthony’s Pizza, and Einstein’s Bagels.

25. Promenade – The Promenade located along the north wall of the building has chairs and tables and is designated a no-hat, no-salute area. At the west end of the promenade stands a covered walkway leads along Smith Lake to Eisenhower Hall.

26. Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library – The Library is named for former Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Ike Skelton who represented Missouri’s Fourth Congressional District from 1977 to 2011. A leader on defense issues throughout his career, he was known as the champion of professional military education in Congress. The library supports officers and civilians attending CGSC and the Army Management Staff College. It boasts more than 320,000 volumes, professional journals, historic documents, and video materials.

27. Eisenhower Hall – Eisenhower Hall houses the Army Management Staff College that teaches all levels of Army civilian education as well as CGSC’s School for Command Preparation that conducts pre-command courses for future brigade and battalion commanders, command sergeants major, and their spouses.

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FIRST FLOOR

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THIRD FLOOR

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The Lewis and Clark Center Self-Guided Tour

1. Main Entrance – Located on either side of the Center’s Entrance are plaques with biographies of Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

During their expeditions, Lewis and Clark and their 42-member Corps of Discovery camped near what is now Fort Leavenworth on July 2, 1804.

2. Abrams Loop – Dedicated in honor of General Creighton Williams Abrams, Jr., a 1949 graduate of CGSC. During WWII, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross twice. General George S. Patton called him the “World Champion Tank Commander.” Abrams commanded military operations in Vietnam from 1968 to 1972 and then served as Chief of Staff of the Army.

3. Lamp of Knowledge – The Leavenworth Lamp is the traditional lamp of learning, symbolizing the knowledge acquired at the College. A mailed fist emerges from the Lamp representing the military nature of the College. The fist holds a rifle and a sword, connoting the origin of the College as the Schools for Application of Infantry and Cavalry;

and a guided missile representing the future. The symbol means that from the College emerge leaders who, with knowledge and control of the past, present, and future weapons of war, protect our liberty.

4. Upper Atrium - The CGSC crest is inlaid in the floor of the Upper Atrium directly inside the main entrance. The Upper Atrium features the Fort

Leavenworth Hall of Fame (5) and seals of the Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard. Two stained-glass windows on the west end of the Atrium were the first two windows given as class gifts to the College in 1976. Current Army division flags are displayed in order of merit along the 3rd and 4th floor railings.

5. Fort Leavenworth Hall of Fame – Established in 1969, the Hall recognizes outstanding individuals who served at the Fort and made significant contributions to the achievement, tradition or history of Fort Leavenworth, the U.S. Armed Forces, or the Provisional Army of the Confederate States.

Individuals in the Hall are arranged alphabetically by era.

6. Bradley Room – General of the Army Omar Bradley was the last of nine U.S. generals and admirals to hold five-star rank. Bradley commanded all ground forces invading Germany during WWII and later served as head of the Veterans Administration and Chief of Staff of the Army before becoming the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1949. Bradley is from Clark, MO.

7. Douglas MacArthur Room – The MacArthur Room contains furniture and memorabilia from General of the Army MacArthur’s last office at West Point. He lived at Fort Leavenworth twice during his life, as a child when his father, Arthur MacAuthur, was stationed here and again as a Captain when he was assigned to the 3rd Engineer Battalion.

8. Faculty Recognition – The College’s academic chairs are honored in this display. Also in the display are published works of CGSC faculty members.

9. Bell Conference Room – Dedicated to Major General James Franklin Bell who served as the Commander of Fort Leavenworth from 1903 to 1906 and later as Chief of Staff of the Army.

General Bell is known as "The Father of the Leavenworth Schools" because of his forceful and progressive leadership while serving as Commandant of the Infantry, Cavalry, and Staff Schools then located at Fort Leavenworth. In use in the conference room are the Army General Council Chairs first used in 1931 when then Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, convened the first Army General Council. Each chair is affixed with a medal plate denoting the position and individual(s) who occupied the chair when it was used by the General Council. In the hallway leading to the Bell Room are pictures of the

College's former homes. Many of these buildings are still in use by other activities on Fort Leavenworth.

10. Marshall Hall – Named for General of the Army and Secretary of State George Catlett Marshall, who attended the School of the Line (a predecessor of CGSC) in 1906. He graduated first in his class and was selected to attend the General Staff Course also located here. Marshall again graduated at the top of his class and went on to teach at the School of the Line.

11. Commander-in-Chief Gallery – The gallery features portraits of all Presidents of the United States.

12. Eisenhower Auditorium – Named for former President and General of the Army Dwight D.

Eisenhower who was an honor graduate of the College in 1926. The auditorium seats 2004 and is the largest facility of its kind in Kansas.

13. Senator Pat Roberts Room – Named for Kansas Senator Pat Roberts who has served the state as a representative and then senator since 1980.

Following a tour of Bell Hall, the former home of CGSC, Roberts took a rusty pipe from the building and used it as a call to action for Congress to fund the construction of the new facility.

14. Stained Glass – Following the donation of windows displayed in the atrium, stained glass became a popular gift for graduating classes.

Fourteen windows depicting different campaigns of the Army are displayed at either end of the north classroom corridors. The displays rise from the 2nd floor to the 4th floor. Also, on the 2nd floor corridor, are 16 stained glass windows of regimental crests.

15. Classrooms – The Center houses 96 state-of-the-art classrooms that are each equipped with full teleconferencing capability including three cameras (front, back, ceiling looking down on instructor’s desk). Each classroom is equipped with two 80-inch plasma screens. They are set up to facilitate 16 students with each student having his or her own computer. The classrooms have access to two networks, an exercise network and DOD’s non-classified network. The building also has wireless internet access throughout. The classrooms can support 1,500 students. Each classroom is 30’x30’ and has one collapsible wall so two rooms can be joined as one.

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