FReepers Gather At MARINE CORPS MUSEUM DEDICATION, Quantico, VA: Nov. 10-12,2006

Nov. 06,2006 | Trooprally

[trooprally]

The Marine Corps Museum WILL be officially dedicated this coming weekend.

Schedule of Events:

Friday, Nov. 10, 2:00 PM: Museum Dedication (Tickets were required before now) Afterwards, the Museum will be open for a tour.

Saturday, Nov. 11, 5:00 PM: Memorial Park Dedication. Tickets are NOT required but you need to be at either the Pentagon North Parking Lot off Highway 27 in Arlington, VA OR the Stafford County Airport Parking Lot off I-95 in Fredericksburg, VA. You must be at these areas no later than 4:00 PM

Sat. Nov. 11 and Sunday, Nov. 12: The Museum will be open to visitors but my papers do not show a time. Please check the contacts below.

Additional info can be obtained from Marine Heritage or hopefully by calling this number, 1-800-297-1421 from literature about the Museum.

There are two reasons for this thread.

First, if any FReepers are going to either event, maybe we can get together at the parking areas or at the site. [Mrs] Trooprally and I are only going to the Friday event but will pass along info to FReepers going to the other events. Freepmail us and we'll put pass your name to others going the other days.

Second, if you attend any of the weekend's events, this thread can be a place to post your pictures for all to view.

See Trooprally's Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Thread with info on the engraved bricks and Leadpenny's Marine Museum Advances Thread with pictures of the construction.

[trooprally]

SEMPER FI

[trooprally]

You all are being pinged since you had posted on either our thread or Leadpenny's thread.

[Mr] T

[Dog Gone]

I thought the museum was being built at Quantico.

[trooprally]

It is, but parking is scare for the thousands of people who will be attending.

[bmwcyle]

bttt

[trooprally]

Ping - and ping to others.

[Corin Stormhands]

pingage

[trooprally]

scare = scarce/few

[SF Republican]

Marine Corps "Birthday" 11/10

[AppyPappy]

Where is the museum?

[trooprally]

At the Quantico Marine Base, VA, just off I-95.

[Dog Gone]

My son spent last summer at Quantico at OCS school, and he'll be returning next summer for OTS. His proud dad and mom will undoubtedly visit then, and I'm looking forward to visiting this museum.

[trooprally]

I had the Mods add the location to the title. Thanks for your comments.

But you must not have passed Mind Reading 101 because I knew exactly where it was. :-))

[Mr] T

[trooprally]

Tell your son Thanks for his service.

If you haven't already, check out the pics on Leadpenny's thread. Concretebob has spent the better part of the summer/fall working on the Museum.

[oyez]

[Past Your Eyes]

Okay. But where on the base is it? I spent about a year and a half there, '70 to '72. There was a small museum near the Exchange, which I believe is not in the same place it was back then.

[seasoned traditionalist]

 

[AppyPappy]

My wife's dad was a WW2 Marine and her uncle's remains are still somewhere at Inchon.

[trooprally]

It borders on the east side of I-95 immediately when you get off at the Quantico exit. You can see it for miles when traveling on I-95.

[Mr] T

[freema]

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