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    The United States Marine Corps War Memorial honors Marines who have died defending liberty. The memorial's famous bronze statue depicts Marines raising an American flag on Iwo Jima during WWII. The statue took nine years to complete and is the largest bronze statue in the world, weighing 100 tons and standing 78 feet tall.

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    The United States Marine Corps War Memorial honors Marines who have died defending liberty. The memorial's famous bronze statue depicts Marines raising an American flag on Iwo Jima during WWII. The statue took nine years to complete and is the largest bronze statue in the world, weighing 100 tons and standing 78 feet tall.

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    The United States Marine Corps War Memorial honors Marines who have died defending liberty. The memorial's famous bronze statue depicts Marines raising an American flag on Iwo Jima during WWII. The statue took nine years to complete and is the largest bronze statue in the world, weighing 100 tons and standing 78 feet tall.

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    Visiting the United States Marine Corps War Memorial

    By Sheridan Alexander

    Getty Images/Moment/Raffaele Nicolussi

    The United States Marine Corps War Memorial, also known as the Iwo Jima Memorial,
    honors all Marines who have perished while defending the United States and liberty around
    the world. The famous bronze statue, one of the most recognized statues in the United States
    and around the world, depicts the February 23, 1945, flag-raising on Mount Suribachi during
    the World War II battle of Iwo Jima.
    Following the War, sculptor Felix de Weldon was commissioned by the United State
    Congress to create the Iwo Jima statue based upon the famous Pulitzer Prize-winning
    photograph taken by American photographer Joe Rosenthal and the design of Horace
    W.Peaslee.

    With the assistance of hundreds of other sculptors, the project proceeded from 1945 until
    1954 taking nine years to complete. The cost of the memorial, paid for entirely by private
    donations, was $850,000. It was dedicated on November 10, 1954, by President Dwight D.
    Eisenhower.
    The bronze statue depicts six 32-foot high figures, five Marines, and one Navy corpsman,
    raising a 60-foot flagpole. A cloth American flag flies from the flagpole 24 hours a day. At a
    weight of 100 tons and a height of 78 feet, the Iwo Jima statue is the largest bronze statue in
    the world.

    The base is concrete and polished black granite.

    Visiting the Memorial

    The United States Marine Corps War Memorial's location on a hill within a 7.5-acre park-like
    setting offers wonderful views of Washington, D.C., which is just across the Potomac River.
    Because of this, the Memorial is one of the best locations in the area for viewing the annual
    Fourth of July Fireworks display.
     Hours: The United States Marine Corps War Memorial is open 24 hours a day every
    day of the year.
     Admission:- Free
     Location: Arlington, Virginia - Marshall Avenue, between Arlington National
    Cemetery and Route 50.
     Closest Metro Station: Rosslyn via the Blue and Orange Lines. The Memorial is
    about .34 mile (6 blocks) south of the station.

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