Historical Marker
Something More Than A Statue
Historical marker location:
1495 North Meade Street, Arlington, Virginia
( Memorial is on US Marine Memorial Circle north of North Marshall Drive, on the left when traveling east.)
US Marine Corps War Memorial, George Washington Memorial Parkway. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
The first successful English attempt to establish a colony in North America was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584 on Roanoke Island, off the coast of Virginia.