The Marshall Legacy - Uniontown, Pennsylvania
N 39° 54.038 W 079° 43.856
17S E 608485 N 4417498
This Sign is one of several located at the George C. Marshall Memorial Plaza, is located at the "Five Corners" at the West End of the City of Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, the birthplace of Mr. Marshall.
Waymark Code: WMNRJR
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/25/2015
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The Marshall Legacy - Uniontown, Pennsylvania
This plaque is one of several in a parklet memorizing the life, career and legacy of George C. Marshall. General Marshall was the Secretary of State in the 20th
century and is known for the creation of the Marshall Plan. He brought the country out of a post-World War II crisis and assisted in WWII as well.
Plaque Text
The Marshall Legacy
[Nostalgic Photo at Left ]
George Marshall became president of the American Red Cross and, in time Secretary of Defense, retiring from that office and public service in 1951. He died in 1959 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. President Harry Truman said of Marshall "He is the great one of the age" Dwight Eisenhower "American have never been so deeply indebted to and other soldier" Statesman Henry Stimson, "I have never known anyone who seemed so surely to breathe the Democratic American spirit. The destiny of American at the most critical time of its national existence has been in the hands of a great and good man. Let no man forget."
Friends of Marshall
Group that erected the marker: Friends of Marshall
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Business US 40
Uniontown, PA USA
15401
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