Seabees Memorial
Congress authorized the placement of a memorial on public land by the Seabee Memorial Association in September 1972. It was dedicated on Memorial Day 1974.
Description
The memorial features panels depicting Seabee missions since 1942. According to the CEC/Seabee Historical Foundation, the bronze figure at the center of the memorial depicts a "bare-chested, muscular SEABEE, rifle slung over one shoulder, offering a helping hand to a small child."
Gold-colored inscriptions above and below the panels read "SEABEES CAN DO" and "With willing hearts and skillful hands, the difficult we do at once. The impossible takes a bit longer!", respectively. The base which supports the figure sculpture is the inscribed text: "With compassion for others / we build – we fight / for peace with freedom".
See also
References
- ^ "Memorial Avenue". www.arlingtoncemetery.mil. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^ "Seabees Memorial, (sculpture) | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution". collections.si.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^ "Public Law 92–422". US House of Representatives.
- ^ Lacano, Julius (2018-03-05). "A Memorial to those that "CAN DO!"". U.S. Navy Seabee Museum. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^ "National Seabee Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia". CEC/Seabee Historical Foundation. Retrieved April 8, 2019.