George C. Marshall

George C. Marshall (HM13VF)

Location: Lexington, VA 24450
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 47.453', W 79° 26.181'

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V.M.I. Class of 1901

General of the Army George Catlett Marshall was born December 31, 1880, at Uniontown, Pennsylvania. After graduating from the Virginia Military Institute in 1901 as First Captain of the Corps of Cadets, he spent fifty years in the active service of his country. He died October 16, 1959, at Washington, D.C., and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Chief of Staff, United States Army
1939 - 1945

Secretary of State
1947 - 1949

President, American Red Cross
1949 - 1950

Secretary of Defense
1950 - 1051

Nobel Prize for Peace
1953

VMI Board of Visitors
1946 - 1954

"He is a great American, but he is far more than that. In war he was as wise and understanding in counsel as he was resolute in action. In peace he was the architect who planned the restoration of our battered European economy and, at the same time, laboured tirelessly to establish a system of Western Defence. He has always fought victoriously against defeatism, discouragement and disillusion. Succeeding generations must not be allowed to forget his achievements and his example."
- - Winston S. Churchill
July 30, 1958

This memorial was presented by the alumni of the
Virginia Military Institute

[ Lower Marker : ]
Placed in
recognition of the
100th Anniversary of
George C. Marshall's
Graduation from VMI
May 2001
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HM NumberHM13VF
Series This marker is part of the Markers Attached to Sculpture series
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Date Added Sunday, October 26th, 2014 at 12:17am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 637677 N 4183764
Decimal Degrees37.79088333, -79.43635000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 47.453', W 79° 26.181'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 47' 27.18" N, 79° 26' 10.86" W
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Area Code(s)540
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 414-416 VMI Parade, Lexington VA 24450, US
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