USMC War Memorial
The
USMC War Memorial (often called the
Iwo Jima memorial), depicting the raising of the flag on Mount Suribachi during the
Battle of Iwo Jima, is on the grounds of
Arlington National Cemetery in
Arlington County, Virginia, just across the
Potomac River from
Washington, D.C It is dedicated to the lives of
United States Marines given in service to their country since 1775. Nearby is the
Netherlands Carillon.
The statue, sculpted by Felix deWeldon, was cast in Brooklyn, New York, and shipped to its present site. It is about six times life scale.
An American flag flies on the USMC War Memorial 24 hours a day - one of the few sites where this is permitted. The memorial was formally dedicated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on November 10, 1954, the 179th anniversary of the Marine Corps.