Welcome To The MacArthur Memorial
Website
 Beautifully
landscaped MacArthur Square in downtown Norfolk, Virginia is
the site of the four buildings that comprise the MacArthur Memorial.
The Memorial's theater contains several
special
exhibit galleries and continuously shows a twenty-four
minute film on the life and times of General of the Army Douglas
MacArthur,
one of the most colorful and controversial men in American history.
The Jean MacArthur Research Center (named after the General's widow)
houses the library and archives, education programs, and the administrative
offices for the MacArthur Memorial and the General Douglas MacArthur
Foundation. The gift shop displays
General MacArthur's 1950 Chrysler Imperial limousine which he used
from 1950 to the end of his life.
The museum proper
is housed in Norfolk's stately nineteenth century City Hall. A monumental
rotunda is the General's and Mrs.
MacArthur’s final resting place where they are surrounded by inscriptions,
banners, and flags heralding the general’s long and glorious career.
Nine separate galleries arranged in two levels circle the rotunda
and tell the story of General MacArthur and the millions of American
men and women who served in the United States Armed Forces from the
Civil War through the Korean War.
A visit to the MacArthur Memorial provides a unique
glimpse into the 20th century and can renew your faith in those American
values of Duty-Honor-Country, values which motivated Douglas MacArthur
as he served our nation through some of its greatest crises and finest
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