Futhi okuthiwa yi-Iwo Jima Memorial, Le-Famed Arlington Landmark Kuyadingeka-Bheka
I-United States Marine Corps War Memorial, eyaziwa nangokuthi iSikhumbuzo se-Iwo Jima, ihlonipha bonke abaMarines abaye bafa ngenkathi bevikela i-United States nenkululeko emhlabeni jikelele. Isithombe esenziwe esidumile se-bronze, esinye sezifanekiso ezihlonishwa kakhulu e-United States nasemhlabeni wonke, sibonisa ngo-February 23, 1945, ukuphakamisa ifulegi eNtabeni iSuribachi phakathi neMpi Yezwe II ye-Iwo Jima.
Ngemuva kweMpi, umdwebi uFelix de Weldon wanikezwa yi-United States Congress ukuba enze isithombe se-Iwo Jima esekelwe esithombeni esidumile sePulitzer Prize esithathwe ngumthwebuli wezithombe waseMelika uJoe Rosenthal nomklamo weHorace W.
I-Peaslee. Ngosizo lwamakhulu abanye abadwebi bamatshe, le phrojekthi yaqala kusukela ngo-1945 kwaze kwaba ngu-1954 ithatha iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye ukuqedela. Izindleko zesikhumbuzo, ezikhokhelwa ngokuphelele ngeminikelo yangasese, yayiyi $ 850,000. Yanikezelwa ngoNovemba 10, 1954, nguMongameli uDwight D. Eisenhower .
Isifanekiso sesethusi sibonisa izibalo eziphakeme ngamamitha angu-32, amaMarines amahlanu, kanye nomuntu oyedwa, okhulisa i-flagpole engu-60-foot. Indwangu ifulege yaseMelika ihamba kusukela emahoreni angu-24 ngosuku. Ngesisindo samathani angu-100 nokuphakama kwamamitha angu-78, isithombe se-Iwo Jima yisithombe esikhulu se-bronze emhlabeni jikelele. Isisekelo yi-granite emnyama nekhontiwe.
Ukuvakashela iSikhumbuzo
Indawo yeSikhumbuzo se-United States Marine Corps War Memorial egqumeni elingaphansi kwe-7.5 acre-like setting inikeza imibono emihle eWashington, DC , engaphesheya koMfula iPotomac . Ngenxa yalokhu, iSikhumbuzo singenye yezindawo ezinhle kunazo zonke endaweni yokubuka umnyaka wesine wonyaka wezi-4 weziKhwama zomlilo.
- Amahora: I-United States Marine Corps War Memorial ivuliwe amahora angu-24 ngosuku ngosuku nosuku.
- Ukungena: - Kumahhala
- Indawo: Arlington, Virginia - Marshall Avenue, phakathi kwe-Arlington National Cemetery noMzila 50.
- Isiteshi seMetro esiseduze: Rosslyn nge-Blue and Orange Lines. ISikhumbuzo simayelana .34 miles (6 izingqimba) eningizimu esiteshini .
Izenzakalo eSikhumbuzweni
I-Summer Sunset Parades: Ezinyangeni zasehlobo, ukuhamba kanye nezinsimbi zomculo ezivela eMarine Barracks, eWashington, DC, zikhona ngoLwesithathu ngoLwesibili ebusuku, njengoba zihleliwe, ngokuvamile kusukela ngo-7 kuya ku-8 ntambama, nakuba ngezikhathi ezithile isikhathi sokuqala singahluka. Ukubhuka akudingekile kanti nakuba ukupaka kungatholakali eSikhumbuzweni ngeParade kusihlwa, ibhasi lokuhamba ngesivinini samahhala livela e-Arlington National Cemetery Visitor Centre endaweni yokupaka ngaphambi nangemva kokudlula.
I-Marine Corps Marathon : Kuwe, imisebenzi eminingi yeMarine Corps Marathon, eyaziwa ngokuthi i- People's Marathon eyenzeka ngenxa ye-United States Marine Corps War Memorial.