Southeast Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Marines Memorial
Semper Fideles
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Photographed by Mark Parker, July 4, 2024
1. Marines Memorial Marker (north side)
Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz, USN
Erected 2010 by Marine Corps League Pikes Peak Detachment 29.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 38° 49.615′ N, 104° 47.77′ W. Memorial is in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in El Paso County. It is in Southeast Colorado Springs. It can be reached from Memorial Drive 0.3 miles south of South Union Boulevard, on the right when traveling south. Veterans Memorial is at Memorial Park. Entrance is on the east side from South Union Boulevard. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Colorado Springs CO 80910, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Colorado’s Front Range and in Pikes Peak Region. It is also in the American Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Comancherνa.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of
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More about this memorial. To reach the marker, from the entrance
off Union Street, take a left at the end of the entrance road and turn left. Parking is on street to the right. Monuments are ahead. This monument is SSW of the center Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 4, 2024
2. The Marine Hymn (West Side of the Memorial))
From the halls of Montezuma
To the shores of Tripoli;
We fight our country's battles
In the air, on land, and sea;
First to fight for right and freedom
And to keep our honor clean;
We are proud to claim the title
of United States Marine.
Our flag's unfurled to every breeze
From dawn to setting sun;
We have fought in every clime and place
Where we could take a gun;
In the snow of far-off northern lands
And in sunny tropic scenes;
You will find us always on the job
The United States Marines.
Here's health to you and to our Corps
Which are proud to serve;
In many a strife we've fought for life
And never lost our nerve;
If the Army and the Navy
Ever look on heaven's scenes
They will find the streets are guarded
By the United States Marines.
"Some people spend a lifetime wondering if they've made a difference to this world;
The Marines don't have that problem. President Ronald W. Reagan
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 4, 2024
3. Marines Engagements (South side of memorial)
Tripoli-Derna 1805
Chapultepec - 1847
Caribbean /Banana Wars - 1898
Boxer Rebellion - 1900
Belleau Woods - 1918
Guadalcanal - 1942
Tarawa - 1943
Saipan - 1944
Iwo Juma - 1945
Okinawa - 1945
Inchon - 1950
Chosin - 1950
Khe Sanh - 1968
Hue City - 1968
Kuwait - 1991
Afghanistan - 2001 -
Iraq - 2003-
The Marines have landed, the situation is well in hand.
Richard Harding Davis
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 4, 2024
4. Marines Memorial (East Side)
Belleau Woods 1918
Mascot of US Marines 1922
The Few. The Proud. The Marines!
Tun Tavern
Birthplace USMC
10 November 1775
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 4, 2024
5. Full view Marines Memorial
Prospect Lake and Rocky Mountains in background
Credits. This page was last revised on July 27, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 18, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 163 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 18, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
