General John A. Lejeune

• Category:

  Life Size

• Material:

  bronze

• Date:

  2000

• Client:

  United States Marine Corps

• Location:

  • Marine Corps Heritage Museum; Quantico, VA - United States

Description:

Life size bronze monument of Lieutenant General John A. Lejeune. During his more than 40 years of service with the Marine Corps, he led the famed Second Division (Army) in World War I, and served as Major General Commandant of the Marine Corps from June 1920 to March 1929. Monuments of General Lejeune are located at his birthplace in New Roads, Louisiana, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, the USS Kidd Memorial Museum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland and the new Marine Corps Heritage Museum in Quantico, Virginia.