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Harmony of Friendship. Netherlands Carillon, George Washington Memorial Parkway. With the gift of a carillon Queen Juliana of the Netherlands presented something truly Dutch to the American people. The fifty pbells are inscribed with a verse from …
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Something More Than A Statue. US Marine Corps War Memorial, George Washington Memorial Parkway. "I tried to create Something More than a Statue" —Felix de Weldon, 1945 Dedicated 10 November 1954 Sculptor Felix de Weldon (1907-20…
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A Legacy Older than the Republic. US Marine Corps War Memorial, George Washington Memorial Parkway. You might be surprised to learn that there have been Marines for longer than there has been a country called the United States of America. . . T…
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The Marines' Fiercest Fighting of World War II. US Marine Corps War Memorial, George Washington Memorial Parkway. Imagine bombing a small, treeless island non-stop for 72 days. Then came the US Navy's biggest ever pre-landing shelling—three …
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A Split Second Made Immortal. US Marine Corps War Memorial, George Washington Memorial Parkway. . "The raising of the flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years." . —Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal . 23 Februa…
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70,000 Marines Helped Raise That Flag on Iwo Jima. US Marine Corps War Memorial, George Washington Memorial Parkway. "to Marines it's not about the individuals and never has been...what they did together and what they represent remains most import…
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Battle Honors Unending. US Marine Corps War Memorial, George Washington Memorial Parkway. As you walk around this statue, you can see a long list of battlefields where Marines have put their lives on the line for the sake of the United States. Som…
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Here We Remember Them All. US Marine Corps War Memorial, George Washington Memorial Parkway. Look at any chapter of our military history since the American Revolution, and there you can find the Marines—under arms, ready to go, and willing t…
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And How Will You Remember Them?. US Marine Corps War Memorial, George Washington Memorial Parkway. The sculptor of these monumental bronze figures, Felix de Weldon, had this to say late in his life: . . "This memorial commemorates the brave dee…
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Missions Critical. US Marine Corps War Memorial, George Washington Memorial Parkway. Since World War II, the Marine Corps and the US Navy have performed countless humanitarian missions. . . Perhaps General James Mattis said it best in 2003: "we…
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