Marine Corps Anniversary - 200 Years - Springfield, MA
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neoc1
N 42° 06.044 W 072° 35.374
18T E 699317 N 4663772
The Marine Memorial is located in Court Square in downtown Springfield.
Waymark Code: WMD2TQ
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 11/11/2011
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The United States Marine Corps was created by the First Continental Congress on November 10, 1795. Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, PA is regarded as the site where the United States Marine Corps held its first recruitment drive. To celebrate this anniversary the Marine Corp held a relay from Tun Tavern to Springfield, MA, the home of the Springfield Armory. A tablet honoring this event is at the base of the Marine Memorial on Court Square in Springfield.
The Marine Memorial is in a landscaped setting, flanked by benches and behind a bed of flowers. A 4' by 5' by 1' rough cut round granite base is set upright. The front is adorned with a bronze relief sculpture of the Marine insignia. An eagle is standing on globe which is showing the western hemisphere. An anchor is set behind the globe at a 45 degree angle.
Above the insignia in raised bronze letters is the Marine motto:
SEMPER FIDELIS
A plaque below the insignia is inscribed:
FOREVER HONORED
DEDICATED
TO ALL MARINES
A granite plaque below the monument is inscribed:
1775 - NOV. 10 - 1975
OUR MARINES CELEBRATE 200
YEARS OF VALOROUS SERVICE BY
A RELAY RUN FROM TUN TAVERN
TO SPRINGFIELD AND BY
REDEDICATION OF THIS MONUMENT