Marine Corps Base Quantico in Prince William County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Gracias
Photographed by Robert Sites USMC (ret), April 20, 2011
1. Gracias Marker
With the widening of Russell Road the Marker has had a bit of a facelift. New photo shows how it appears as of 2011, at the same location.
Courageous
Puddin
1935 1962
Quanticos Pride
Erected 1962.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Military.
Location. 38° 31.097′ N, 77° 20.696′ W. Memorial is in Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, in Prince William County. It is on Russell Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3500-B Russell Rd, Quantico VA 22134, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Washington Metropolitan Area, in Northern Virginia, and in the Piedmont. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Prince William County / Stafford County (approx. 0.8 miles away); Road to Yorktown (approx. 1.4 miles away); America's 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines Battalion (approx. 1½ miles away); Hotel Company 2nd Battalion 7th Marine Regiment (approx. 1½ miles away); Second Battalion First Marines Vietnam Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away); Firefighter Marines 9/11 Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away); Marines of the 1st 155 Gun Battery SP (approx. 1½ miles away); The Lieutenants of The Base School Class 3-67 and 41st OCC (approx. 1.6 miles away).
Regarding Gracias. This puzzling monument along Russell
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Signs near this marker identify the area as being a Loblolly Pine plantation.
Photographed by Kevin W., October 8, 2007
2. Gracias Marker
Photographed by Kevin W., October 19, 2007
3. Gracias Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on March 4, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 19, 2007, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,915 times since then and 15 times this year. Last updated on December 28, 2008, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. Photos: 1. submitted on April 20, 2011, by Robert Sites USMC (ret) of Quantico, Virginia. 2, 3. submitted on October 19, 2007, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.
