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General George C. Marshall
1880-1959
Planted on 5 June 1997 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the unveiling of the Marshall Plan with soil from Uniontown, PA, the Virginia Military Institute, the Department of State, the Department of Defense, and Dodona Manor.
Army Chief of Staff, President of the American Red Cross, and Secretary of Defense.
For his efforts to assist the recovery of postwar Europe through the Plan, that came to bear his name, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.
"Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos."
-- Excerpt from Harvard University Commencement Address, June 5, 1947 |