Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Douglas MacArthur wasn't there. Sorta. Quote Although MacArthur is touted as a Virginian, he was actually born in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is quoted in the Norfolk Ledger Dispatch October 1, 1963 as having interrupted the speaker at a Masonic ceremony in his honor: "It was intended that I should be born in Norfolk, my mother’s home. But my father, being an Army man, was suddenly ordered to Little Rock, Ark. where I was born. But the Norfolk papers were loyal and in the paper’s headline it said 'Douglas MacArthur was born while his parents were away'." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Well, he is now. He's buried in Norfolk. My dad was in the Navy there in 1964 and I remember watching the funeral procession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyd Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Norfolk was the only place that wanted him; when they went shopping for a place to lay him to rest. I read about when I was stationed there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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