Iwo Jima Memorial and Museum

Local nameIwo Jima Memorial and Museum
LocationHarlingen

The United States Marine Corps War Memorial is a national memorial located in Arlington County, Virginia, in the United States. The memorial was dedicated in 1954 to all Marines who have given their lives in defense of the United States since 1775. It is located in Arlington Ridge Park with George Washington Memorial Parkway, near the Ord-Weitzel Gate to Arlington National Cemetery and the Netherlands Carillon. The memorial was turned over to the National Park Service in 1955.

The war memorial was inspired by the iconic 1945 photograph of six Marines raising a U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II taken by Associated Press combat photographer Joe Rosenthal. Upon first seeing the photograph, sculptor Felix de Weldon created a maquette for a sculpture based on the photo in a single weekend at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland, where he was serving in the Navy.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_War_Memorial

More information http://www.harlingenedc.com/Qualityoflife/recreation/museums

Phone +1 956 216 4906

Address 320 Iwo Jima Blvd., Harlingen, TX 78550, USA

Coordinates 26°13'23.851" N -97°40'3.288" E

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