Fort Myer in Arlington in Arlington County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

"Price of Freedom"

Created by Greg Wyatt 2010

— Sponsored by Newington Cropsey Foundation —

"Price of Freedom" Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 27, 2019

1. "Price of Freedom" Marker

Inscription. Iwo Jima
Okinawa

Peleliu
Midway

Coral Sea
Guadalcanal

Battle of the Philippine Sea
Leyte Gulf

Battle of the Bulge
Operation Overloard
D-Day Invasion

Operation Torch
Invasion of Northern Africa
Crossing the Rhine

Operation Avalanche
Invasion of Italy
Defeating the Luftwaffe

Doolittle Raid
on Mainland Japan
The Regensburg-Schweinfurt
Mission

Tuskegee Airmen
Bomber Escort over Europe
Atomic Bombings of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Guadalcanal (Land Battle) Tarawa

Iwo Jima
Okinawa

Erected 2010 by Newington Cropsey Foundation.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the National Cemeteries series list.

Location. 38° 52.966′ N, 77° 3.964′ W. Memorial is in Arlington, Virginia, in Arlington County. It is in Fort Myer. It can be reached from Memorial Avenue west of Virginia Route 110, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1 Memorial Avenue, Fort Myer VA 22211, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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this memorial is in the Washington Metropolitan Area

and in Northern Virginia.

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 walking distance of this marker: Arlington National Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); 101st Airborne Division (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Richard Evelyn Byrd (about 300 feet away); Armored Forces (about 300 feet away); Women in Military Service for America Memorial (about 500 feet away); 4th Infantry (Ivy) Division (about 600 feet away); The 23rd Regimental Combat Team in Korea (about 600 feet away); Seabees ~ Can Do (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Arlington.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 27, 2019

2. "Price of Freedom" Marker

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 27, 2019

3. "Price of Freedom" Marker

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 27, 2019

4. "Price of Freedom" Marker

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 27, 2019

5. "Price of Freedom" Marker

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 27, 2019

6. "Price of Freedom" Marker

“Price of Freedom”<br>2010 Sculpture by Greg Wyatt image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, November 29, 2013

7. “Price of Freedom”
2010 Sculpture by Greg Wyatt

“Price of Freedom”<br>Detail image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, November 29, 2013

8. “Price of Freedom”
Detail

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, November 29, 2013

9. “Price of Freedom”
Detail

Credits. This page was last revised on June 29, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 27, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 377 times since then and 13 times this year. Last updated on June 29, 2023, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on July 27, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 7, 8, 9. submitted on April 13, 2023, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.