Item # FR-38 " Always Faithful "
Semper Fidelis
Quote: Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have. - Ronald Reagan 1981
Sub-Quote: If the Army and the Navy ever look on heaven’s scenes they will find the streets are guarded by United States Marines - Marine Corps Hymn
Special Edition Art Print with a powerful quote on the bottom
... a tribute to those brave men an women who are serving or have served in the Marine Corp.
Size: 16x20"
Artist: Simon
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Artist Simon is privileged to create this painting identifying and honoring the history, mission, and tradition of The United States Marine Corps. The painting’s timeline begins on day one, November 10, 1775, the day the Second Continental Congress resolved to raise two battalions of Continental Marines in the war for independence against the British.
Emerging from the clouds is the storied tablet commemorating the site of Tun Tavern, the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps. It was here that the very first officer of the Marines, Major Samuel Nicholas, held the initial recruiting rendezvous for Marine Battalions. Unfolding beneath this milestone image charges a battalion of 250 Continental Marines on their way to the damage and seizure of British naval stores at New Providence, led at the front by the very same Major Nicholas advancing beneath Old Glory’s 13 stars and stripes. Blending to the right of the painting is a Parris Island formation of WWI Marines continuing the time-honored tradition of the carrying of the colors alongside the Marine Corps band while marching to deployment. The Marines pictured here are off to Europe to join our allies in the historic head-to-head fight against the German army at Belleau Wood, where many a Marine earned the German nickname; “Teufelhunden! (Devil Dog)”.
Lower left, a group of Vought F4U Corsair fighters dive in attack formation to support ground troops in the last ground battle of WWII on Okinawa, signifying the onset of Marines in the air supporting Marines on the ground. Ghosted behind these Marine fighters is the image of Lieutenant General Louis B. Puller, exemplifying the archetypical Marine. In the foreground of the South Pacific sky is the quintessential moment of the United States Marine Corps: The raising the flag atop Mt. Suribachi in the midst of the bloody battle of Iwo Jima.
Faded to the right, a column of the 1st Marine Division in Korea defies the odds, the elements, and the enemy while moving through Chinese lines during their breakout from the Chosin reservoir November 26th – December 13, 1950. To the lower right, a battalion of Marines stands firm in tenacious defense of their firebase during the siege at Khe San and again, under unceasing assault in the midst of the Tet offensives of Vietnam.
Appropriately at the focal point, the Marine Honor Guard presents the folded flag on behalf of a grateful nation in remembrance of each and every fallen Marine. In reverence that is all of the American Flag Ceremony, they are honoring them as they honor the Nation with the symbolisms of the 13 folds of the flag.
The contrasts between light & shadow, formal dress blues and devastation of the battlefield, sun and dark clouds all evoke a sense of courage, hope, and pride yet at the same time a strong and quiet intrepidity in loss and ultimate sacrifice. This poignant composition expresses well the breadth of emotion encompassing the spirit, resolve, and reverence of the Corps.
“They are in front of us, behind us, and we are flanked on both sides by an enemy that outnumbers us 29:1. They can’t get away from us now!” Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller, USMC
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants”
- Thomas Jefferson
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