The
George C. Marshall Foundation, located in
Lexington, VirginiaLexington is an independent city within the confines of Rockbridge County in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 6,867 at the 2000 census. Lexington is about 55 minutes east of the West Virginia border and is about 50 miles north of Roanoke, Virginia. It was first settled in 1777.It...
, is a library, archive, and museum dedicated to honor the memory and work of
George Catlett MarshallGeneral of the Army George Catlett Marshall was an American military leader, Chief of Staff of the Army, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense. Once noted as the "organizer of victory" by Winston Churchill for his leadership of the Allied victory in World War II, Marshall served...
. The Foundation opened in 1964 and is housed in its own facility on the campus of the
Virginia Military InstituteThe Virginia Military Institute , located in Lexington, Virginia, is the oldest state-supported military college and one of six senior military colleges in the United States. Unlike any other state military college in the United States, all VMI students are military cadets. VMI offers cadets a...
. The scope of the works held in the Foundation's library and vault cover topics of United States military & diplomatic history between the years of George Marshall's career as a military officer and public servant, roughly 1900-1960.
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The
George C. Marshall Foundation, located in
Lexington, VirginiaLexington is an independent city within the confines of Rockbridge County in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 6,867 at the 2000 census. Lexington is about 55 minutes east of the West Virginia border and is about 50 miles north of Roanoke, Virginia. It was first settled in 1777.It...
, is a library, archive, and museum dedicated to honor the memory and work of
George Catlett MarshallGeneral of the Army George Catlett Marshall was an American military leader, Chief of Staff of the Army, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense. Once noted as the "organizer of victory" by Winston Churchill for his leadership of the Allied victory in World War II, Marshall served...
. The Foundation opened in 1964 and is housed in its own facility on the campus of the
Virginia Military InstituteThe Virginia Military Institute , located in Lexington, Virginia, is the oldest state-supported military college and one of six senior military colleges in the United States. Unlike any other state military college in the United States, all VMI students are military cadets. VMI offers cadets a...
. The scope of the works held in the Foundation's library and vault cover topics of United States military & diplomatic history between the years of George Marshall's career as a military officer and public servant, roughly 1900-1960. The library contains a temperature and humidity controlled government security vault.
Along with sorted paper collections, the library contains over 23,000 manuscripts, two million documents from the
National Archives and Records AdministrationThe United States National Archives and Records Administration is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records and with increasing public access to those documents...
, hundreds of era maps, 700 posters from all countries involved in both World Wars, films, and over 200 oral histories.
The George C. Marshall Award
In 1997, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the
Marshall PlanThe Marshall Plan was the primary plan of the United States for rebuilding and creating a stronger foundation for the countries of Western Europe, and repelling communism after World War II...
, the Foundation the foundation began to annually award this prize to individuals and organizations who have "demonstrated leadership that has furthered international humanitarian and economic development efforts...and [exhibit] the following personal and professional qualities practiced by George C. Marshall throughout his life of extraordinary public service:
- a career of distinguished public/civic service in the tradition of George C. Marshall;
- dignity and integrity of character;
- devotion to creating and perpetuating free and democratic institutions and promoting appropriate economic development which will allow them to flourish;
- nonpartisanship or bipartisanship."http://www.marshallfoundation.org/marshall_award.html
Recent awards have been given to:
- Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, 2003
- Former President George H.W. Bush, 2002
- Former Banker David Rockefeller
David Rockefeller Sr. is an American banker, statesman, globalist, and the current patriarch of the Rockefeller family. He is the youngest and only surviving child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and the only surviving grandchild of billionaire oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil. ...
, 1999
- Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl
Helmut Josef Michael Kohl is a German conservative politician and statesman. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 and the chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1973 to 1998...
, 1997
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