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| Location | Arlington, Virginia, United States |
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| Designer | Felix de Weldon |
The Seabees Memorial is a sculpture and memorial to Seabees by Felix de Weldon, installed along Memorial Drive near the entrance of Arlington National Cemetery.[1] It is administered by the National Park Service as part of George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington, Virginia.[2]
Congress authorized the placement of a memorial on public land by the Seabee Memorial Association in September 1972.[3] It was dedicated on Memorial Day 1974.[4]
Description[]
The memorial features panels depicting Seabee missions since 1942. According to the CEC/Seabee Historical Foundation, the bronze[2] figure at the center of the memorial depicts a "bare-chested, muscular SEABEE, rifle slung over one shoulder, offering a helping hand to a small child."[5]
Gold-colored inscriptions above and below the panels read "SEABEES CAN DO" and "With willing hearts and skillful hands, the difficult we do at once. The impossible takes a bit longer!", respectively.[5] The base which supports the figure sculpture is the inscribed text: "With compassion for others / we build – we fight / for peace with freedom".[5]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ "Memorial Avenue". https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore/Monuments-and-Memorials/Memorial-Avenue.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Seabees Memorial, (sculpture) | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution". http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID:siris_ari_324801.
- ↑ "Public Law 92–422". http://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm?volume=86&page=678.
- ↑ Lacano, Julius (2018-03-05). "A Memorial to those that "CAN DO!"" (in en). https://seabeemuseum.wordpress.com/2018/03/05/a-memorial-to-those-that-can-do/.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "National Seabee Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia". CEC/Seabee Historical Foundation. https://seabeehf.org/resources/memorials-monuments/national-seabee-memorial-arlington-national-cemetery-arlington-virginia/. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
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