Saturday, October 6, 2018

The Annual Beirut Memorial Observance Ceremony

The annual observance to mark the 35th anniversary of the October 23, 1983 Beirut Bomb Bombing will be held at the Beirut Memorial on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 10:30 AM.


Image Source Beirut Memorial and Grove, City of Jacksonville, NC

This memorial site is dedicated to all U.S. servicemen that have lost their lives in Lebanon, 241 Marines, Sailors & Soldiers, on the morning of 23 October 1983 while conducting peace-keeping operations in Beirut Lebanon. 

"We could fight if we wanted to, but we didn't.  Our main mission was to protect the people of Lebanon." Northwoods Park Middle School shared in a presentation at school, Friday October 5, 2018.


 



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