Iwo jima memorial

Iwo Jima Memorial at night.

There is a photo of DC taken from the Iwo Jima Memorial and the Netherlands Carillon. I was hoping to take one for the “leading lines” photo challenge. We haven’t been back to this site since before we moved to DC - sometime in the 80’s. So we decided to take our morning walk there and see what we could find. We parked right near the Iwo Jima memorial and found a few areas where the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, the Capitol, and the Library of Congress are in alignment. The rear of…

The Marine Corps War Memorial (also called the Iwo Jima Memorial) is a military memorial statue outside the walls of the Arlington National Cemetery and next to the Netherlands Carillon, in Arlington, Virginia, in the United States. The memorial is dedicated to all personnel of the United States Marine Corps who have died in the defense of their country since 1775.

The Iwo Jima Memorial consists of a 60-foot bronze flagpole, and the base has the names and dates of every principal member of the U. S. Marine Corps.

The United States Marine Corps War Memorial also called the Iwo Jima Memorial is a national memorial located in Arlington County, Virginia, in the United States. It depicts Marines Raising the American Flag over Iwo Jima and is dedicated to all U.S. Marine Corps personnel who died in the defense of the United States since 1775. Print Size 13x19 inches.

Washington, D.C. Iwo Jima Memorial April 2012 ©Tamar M. Thibodeau

The U.S. Marine War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial) will remain open to the public during a six-month refurbishment, but parking will be limited and the iconic sculpture will be sheathed in scaffolding during much of the process.