Marine Corps Base Quantico in Prince William County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Bicentennial Commemoration

Photographed by Col. James F. Jamison, USMC (Ret), June 27, 2023

1. Bicentennial Commemoration Marker

Inscription.
Trees bordering this side of Lejeune field were planted in bicentennial commemoration of twenty-four historically significant battles, campaigns or wars in which United States Marines participated during the first 200 years of our nation's history as follow:

New Providence, Bahamas 2-3 Mar 1776
Battle of Trenton 26 Dec 1776
Battle of Princeton 3 Jan 1777
French Naval War 1798-1801
Ware with Tripoli 1801-1805
War of 1812 1812-1815
Florida Indian War 1835-1842
Mexican War 1846-1847
Capture of John Brown, Harper's Ferry 18 Oct 1859
Battle of Bull Run (Manasass) 21 Jul 1861
Battle of Manila Bay 1 May 1898
March Across Samar 28 Dec 1901-18 Jan 1902
Boxer Rebellion 1900
First Nicaraguan Campaign 1912
Occupation of Dominican Republic 1916-1924
Occupation of Haiti 1915-1934
Battle of Belleau Wood 6-26 Jun 1918
Battle of Soissons 18-20 Jul 1918
Battle of St. Mihiel 12- 16 Sept 1918
Battle of Blanc Mont 8-9 Oct 1918
Meuse-Argonne Campaign 1-11 Nov 1918
Occupation of Nicaragua 1927-1933
Wake Island 8-23 Dec 1941
Bataan Corregidor 8 Dec 1941-6 May 1942

Erected 1976.

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Location. 38° 30.735′ N, 77° 18.683′ W. Memorial is in Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, in Prince William County. It is at the intersection of Kelton Avenue and Embry Loop, on the right when traveling north on Kelton Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: 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,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lieutenant General John Archer Lejeune (about

Bicentennial Commemoration Treeline looking North with Base HQ building in background. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Col. James F. Jamison, USMC (Ret), June 27, 2023

2. Bicentennial Commemoration Treeline looking North with Base HQ building in background.

500 feet away, measured in a direct line); John Henry Balch (approx. 0.2 miles away); Barber Fitness Center (approx. 0.6 miles away); In Commemoration of the Secretaries' First Conference (approx. 0.9 miles away); Jordan Hall (approx. 0.9 miles away); Mann Hall (approx. one mile away); Kelly Hall (approx. one mile away); H-3-7 Korea 1950 (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marine Corps Base Quantico.

Also see . . . Marine Corps Base Quantico. U.S. Marine Corps (Submitted on June 28, 2023.)

Bicentennial Commemoration trees and Lejeune Field with marker in foreground. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Col. James F. Jamison, USMC (Ret), June 27, 2023

3. Bicentennial Commemoration trees and Lejeune Field with marker in foreground.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 4, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 27, 2023, by Col. James F. Jamison, USMC (Ret) of Coronado, California. This page has been viewed 360 times since then and 85 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 27, 2023, by Col. James F. Jamison, USMC (Ret) of Coronado, California. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.