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MacArthur agreed to turn over all of his papers, medals, and memorabilia to the city of Norfolk and agreed to be buried in Norfolk as long as he and his wife would be laid to rest within the memorial.
Apr 9, 2024 · MacArthur died on April 5, 1964 at Walter Reed Hospital. His body arrived at Norfolk Naval Air Station on April 9. The procession assembled at 21st Street and Monticello Avenue, where a horse-drawn caisson slowly moved towards downtown and the spectators were ten-deep on the sidewalks.
Apr 12, 2024 · Sixty years ago on April 11, Gen. Douglas MacArthur — one of America’s most revered and controversial military figures — came to his final resting place in Norfolk. MacArthur, who now stands in the shadows of a mall bearing his name, was born in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The MacArthur Memorial is a museum and research center dedicated to preserving and presenting the story of the life of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. The Memorial also pays tribute to the millions of men and women who served with General MacArthur in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. Situated in downtown Norfolk, VA the ...
Sep 9, 2021 · When Douglas MacArthur visited Norfolk in 1951 to dedicate the park to his mother, he murmured that he felt Norfolk was his spiritual home. In 1960, town officials remembered that sentiment, lobby-ing MacArthur with the offer of an archive containing all of his belongings alongside his final resting place.
- Barbara Noe Kennedy
The MacArthur Memorial was founded in 1964 as a museum and archive dedicated to the life and times of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. General MacArthur died on April 5, 1964, before the Memorial's formal dedication, and was buried in the Memorial's rotunda on April 11, 1964.
On April 11, 1964, the eyes of the world were on Norfolk, Virginia, USA, as General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was laid to rest in the Rotunda of the MacArthur Memorial. For some, Norfolk might have seemed an odd choice for MacArthur’s final resting place.
