Places Named For Douglas Mac Arthur - Others

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• The Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom, an extension of Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, is named for the general. It has a life-size statue of MacArthur in front of the building. Douglas MacArthur's Medal of Honor is on permanent display in the MacArthur Gallery, along with a collection of MacArthur's effects, including swords from the Philippines and Japan, a collection of his pipes, and other personal belongings.

• MacArthur Park located near downtown Los Angeles, California is named after General MacArthur. The park was also the basis of the song of the same name written by Jimmy Webb.

• There is a national guard base and section of highway named for MacArthur in North Little Rock, Arkansas, as well as a park in Little Rock, Arkansas.

• Long Island MacArthur Airport, which is located in Islip, New York.

• A major upscale shopping mall, MacArthur Center, is named for Douglas MacArthur and is located across the street from the MacArthur memorial and burial site in Norfolk, Virginia.

• MacArthur Barracks at the United States Military Academy at West Point, adjacent to the MacArthur Statue.

• The Missouri Meerschaum company, a popular manufacturer of corn cob pipes, makes a "General MacArthur" style of pipe, modelled after the tall, thin style of pipe for which Douglas MacArthur was famous.

• MacArthur Square is a commons area located to the east of the Milwaukee County Courthouse in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
• MacArthur Inn, an historic hotel circa 1940, in Narrows, Virginia.

• MacArthur Park (formerly Westlake Park) is a park in Los Angeles, California, named after General Douglas MacArthur and designated city of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #100. It is located in the Westlake neighborhood of the city.

• Two towns in the Philippines are named after him: MacArthur, Leyte, and General MacArthur, Eastern Samar.

• "I Shall Return" MacArthur Landing Memorial is situated in Red Beach, Palo, Leyte in the Philippines. The monument marks the spot where General Douglas MacArthur landed with the American Liberation Forces in October, 1944 starting the Battle of Leyte.

• MacArthur Hotel and Resort in Red Beach, Palo Leyte in the Philippines just beside the MacArthur Landing Memorial.

• The large MacArthur Central plaza in downtown Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is named after Douglas MacArthur and has as its logo the five stars of his rank. The MacArthur Museum MacArthur Museum, Brisbane, which was opened to the public in 2004, is located within the MacArthur Central building.

• A portion of the Gadjah Mada University INCULS library has been set aside as "The Douglas MacArthur Memorial Library for Peace, Tolerance, and Justice." Started in August 2006, the library receives book donations each year from students participating in the United States - Indonesia Society's Summer Studies program. One of the books, Cryptonomicon, features MacArthur as a supporting character.

• Gen. MacArthur Memorial Marker is a historical marker located at the edge of the Port of Macabalan Wharf in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines; the monument commemorates two historical events.

• A statue of MacArthur built in Jayu (Freedom) Park, in Incheon, South Korea in 1957 has become a site of contention between some civic groups who consider the statue a symbol of imperialism, should be removed, and some veteran groups who consider him a hero and symbol of all Korean and UN forces who died. Skirmishes between the two groups have forced the Korean government to protect the statue with troops. In November 2006, a MacArthur Statue protest leader was arrested.

• MacArthur Stadium was a former sports complex in Syracuse, New York from 1934 to 1997. It was primarily used by the Syracuse Chiefs for minor league baseball. The stadium was renamed in honor of MacArthur in 1942 and kept that name until its demolition in 1997.