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Lieutenant General John Archer Lejeune

 
 
Lieutenant General John Archer Lejeune Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., March 15, 2008
1. Lieutenant General John Archer Lejeune Marker
Inscription.
United States Marine Corps

(Marker on back)
Commissioned and Donated
by
Patrick F. Taylor, Cpl, USMCR
New Orleans, Louisiana

 
Erected 2002 by Patrick F. Taylor. (Marker Number 4/6.)
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
 
Location. 38° 58.729′ N, 76° 29.035′ W. Memorial is in Annapolis, Maryland, in Anne Arundel County. It is at the intersection of King George Street and Cooper Road on King George Street. Marker is located on the grounds of the United States Naval Academy. A picture ID is required to enter the Academy grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Annapolis MD 21402, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Maryland. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. 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 one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: N* (a few steps from this marker); The Navy Mascot (within shouting distance of this marker); The Joseph R. Hunt Court (within shouting distance of this marker); United States Naval Academy (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Birthplace of U.S. Naval Air Forces (about 400 feet away); Greg Harlin's John Paul Jones's Ranger (about 400 feet
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away); Ricketts Hall (about 500 feet away); Commodore John Barry (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Annapolis.
 
More about this memorial. This is the fourth of six monuments of General Lejeune sculpted by Patrick Miller. Others are located at General Lejeune's birthplace in New Roads, Louisiana; the Marine Corps Base in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia; the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia; and the USS Kidd Memorial, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
 
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Others in the series that have been entered in the Historical Marker database.
 
Lieutenant General John Archer Lejeune Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., March 15, 2008
2. Lieutenant General John Archer Lejeune Marker
Lieutenant General John Archer Lejeune Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., March 15, 2008
3. Lieutenant General John Archer Lejeune Marker
Lejeune Hall, in the background, is an athletic facility at the United States Naval Academy. The swimming and wrestling complex is named after the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Lieutenant General John Archer Lejeune, a member of the Naval Academy Class of 1888. It is the first building at the academy named for a Marine Corps officer.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 21, 2019. It was originally submitted on March 16, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,233 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on March 16, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.
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