38°53′257″N 77°04′1085″W -Arlington, Virginia
Arlington, VA 22209
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38°53′257″N 77°04′1085″W -Arlington, Virginia
Arlington, VA 22209
(703) 289-2500
The United States Marine Corps War Memorial is a national monument located in Arlington County, Virginia, in the United States. Dedicated in 1954, it is located in Arlington Ridge Park, near the Ord-Weitzel Gate to Arlington National Cemetery and the Netherlands Carillon. The war memorial is dedicated to all U.S. Marine Corps personnel who died in the defense of the United States since 1775.The 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. It was 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. He and architect Horace W. Peaslee designed the memorial. Their proposal was presented to Congress, but funding was not possible during the war. In 1947, a federal foundation was established to raise funds for the memorial.
The John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame is a presidential memorial at the gravesite of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, in Arlington National Cemetery. The permanent site replaced a temporary grave and eternal flame used during President Kennedy's funeral on November 25, 1963. The site was designed by architect John Carl Warnecke, a long-time friend of President Kennedy's. The permanent John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame grave site was consecrated and opened to the public on March 15, 1967.Original gravesitePresident John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963.Initial press reports indicated that President Kennedy would be buried at Holyhood Cemetery in Brookline, Massachusetts, where his son Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (who had died on August 9, 1963, two days after his premature birth) was buried.But the site for the President's grave was quickly changed to the hillside just below Arlington House. The site was chosen because the President and his friend, architect John Carl Warnecke, happened to visit the site in March 1963 and the President had admired the peaceful atmosphere of the location. The initial suggestion to bury President Kennedy at Arlington appears to have been made by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy agreed to the change. Although Kennedy's sisters and many of his long-time associates from Massachusetts were opposed to burial at Arlington, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy visited the site with McNamara on Saturday, November 23, and concluded that Mrs. Kennedy's wishes should be honored.
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, formerly named the Custis-Lee Mansion, is a Greek revival style mansion located in Arlington, Virginia, United States that was once the home of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. It overlooks the Potomac River and the National Mall in Washington, D.C. During the American Civil War, the grounds of the mansion were selected as the site of Arlington National Cemetery, in part to ensure that Lee would never again be able to return to his home. However, the United States has since designated the mansion as a National Memorial to Lee. Arlington Woods, located behind Arlington House, contains the oldest and largest tract of climax eastern hardwood forest that still exists in Arlington County.Although the United States Department of the Army controls Arlington National Cemetery, the National Park Service, a component of the United States Department of the Interior, administers Arlington House.Construction and early historyThe mansion was built on the orders of George Washington Parke Custis (G.W.P. Custis), the step-grandson and adopted son of George Washington and only grandson of Martha Custis Washington. Custis became a prominent resident of an area that was then known as Alexandria County, at the time a part of the District of Columbia.
Het Netherlands Carillon op de Arlington National Cemetery was een geschenk van het Nederlandse volk aan de Verenigde Staten in 1954. Een beiaard werd geschonken om de Verenigde Staten te bedanken voor de hulp gedurende en na de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Het stond eerst op een nabijgelegen plaats. De beiaard met 49 klokken werd in 1960 geïnstalleerd in de door J.W.C. Boks ontworpen toren. In 1995 werd ter gelegenheid van Bevrijdingsdag op 5 mei een vijftigste klok toegevoegd. Elke klok heeft een embleem die een bepaalde groep in de Nederlandse samenleving vertegenwoordigt. De kleinste klok vertegenwoordigt de jeugd van Nederland; de zwaarste klok weegt 5800 kg. De gedichten die op de klokken staan zijn van de dichter Ben van Eysselsteijn. De emblemen, randversieringen en belettering zijn van de Nederlandse kunstenaars Gerard van Remmen, Genia van der Grinten-Lücker en Louis Meijs. De klokkentoren is een open staalconstructie van 40 meter hoog en staat op een klein plein van kwartsiet. Twee bronzen leeuwen, ontworpen door de Nederlandse beeldhouwer Paul Koning, bewaken het plein. Rond de toren zijn duizenden tulpen aangeplant. De beiaard speelt op elk uur de melodie Westminsterslag.
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The Charles Richard Drew House is a historic house at 2505 1st Street in Arlington, Virginia. A vernacular early 20th-century dwelling, it is of national significance as the home from 1920 to 1939 of Charles Richard Drew (1904–50), an African-American physician whose leadership on stockpiling of blood plasma saved lives during World War II. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.Description and historyThe Drew House is located in a modest residential area in central Arlington, just northeast of the corner of 1st Street South and South Cleveland Street. It is a narrow two-story frame structure covered with wood clapboards and topped with a gabled roof. Originally a four-room house, the house was expanded with a two-room two-story addition during Drew's ownership. The house is arranged around a side stair hall, which is also the entry. From front to back the first floor comprises the living room, dining room and kitchen. Upstairs are two bedrooms and a den.The house was home from 1920 to 1939 of Charles Richard Drew. Drew, educated at Amherst College and McGill University, conducted research in blood transfusion, and in particular the banking of blood, which was known to degenerate rapidly after removal from its donor. By the outbreak of World War II he had demonstrated that blood plasma could be stored virtually indefinitely under the proper conditions. Drew was placed in charge of a program under which blood plasma was sent to Great Britain in the early years of the war, which was continued when the United States entered the war. Drew eventually resigned from the program over racist policies enacted by the government that segregated the stockpiled blood by race. He was afterward a leading figure (at Howard University and elsewhere) in the training of a whole generation of African-American doctors.
Charles Richard Drew House was a home of Afro-American doctor Charles Richard Drew, whose leadership on stockpiling of blood plasma saved lives during World War II. It is located in Arlington, Virginia. The house is primarily notable for its association with Dr. Drew from 1920 to 1939. It is a narrow two-story frame structure covered with wood clapboards and topped with a gabled roof. Originally a four-room house, the house was expanded with a two-room two-story addition during Drew's ownership. The house is arranged around a side stair hall, which is also the entry. From front to back the first floor comprises the living room, dining room and kitchen. Upstairs are two bedrooms and a den. The Drew House was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, \"the Pentagon\" is often used metonymically to refer to the U.S. Department of Defense. The Pentagon was designed by American architect George Bergstrom, and built by general contractor John McShain of Philadelphia. Ground was broken for construction on September 11, 1941, and the building was dedicated on January 15, 1943. General Brehon Somervell provided the major motive power behind the project; Colonel Leslie Groves was responsible for overseeing the project for the U.S. Army. The Pentagon is a large office building, with about 6,500,000 sq ft, of which 3,700,000 sq ft are used as offices. Approximately 23,000 military and civilian employees and about 3,000 non-defense support personnel work in the Pentagon. It has five sides, five floors above ground, two basement levels, and five ring corridors per floor with a total of 17.5 mi of corridors.
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Het Netherlands Carillon op de Arlington National Cemetery was een geschenk van het Nederlandse volk aan de Verenigde Staten in 1954. Een beiaard werd geschonken om de Verenigde Staten te bedanken voor de hulp gedurende en na de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Het stond eerst op een nabijgelegen plaats. De beiaard met 49 klokken werd in 1960 geïnstalleerd in de door J.W.C. Boks ontworpen toren. In 1995 werd ter gelegenheid van Bevrijdingsdag op 5 mei een vijftigste klok toegevoegd. Elke klok heeft een embleem die een bepaalde groep in de Nederlandse samenleving vertegenwoordigt. De kleinste klok vertegenwoordigt de jeugd van Nederland; de zwaarste klok weegt 5800 kg. De gedichten die op de klokken staan zijn van de dichter Ben van Eysselsteijn. De emblemen, randversieringen en belettering zijn van de Nederlandse kunstenaars Gerard van Remmen, Genia van der Grinten-Lücker en Louis Meijs. De klokkentoren is een open staalconstructie van 40 meter hoog en staat op een klein plein van kwartsiet. Twee bronzen leeuwen, ontworpen door de Nederlandse beeldhouwer Paul Koning, bewaken het plein. Rond de toren zijn duizenden tulpen aangeplant. De beiaard speelt op elk uur de melodie Westminsterslag.
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