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November 22, 2023

So You Want to Retire …

After serving 43 years in the U.S. Army, Gen. George Marshall planned to retire. He and his wife, Katherine, would…

November 22, 2023

Gratitude and Turkey

When Lt. Col. George Marshall served in World War I, he gained a personal knowledge how hard it is to…

November 8, 2023

Secretary George Marshall’s “Outstanding Expert”

October 11, 2023

“Nation Mourns Top Soldier”

On the 64th anniversary of Gen. George C. Marshall's death, we honor his memory with this wonderful blog written several…

October 10, 2023

Katherine Marshall’s Book, “Together”

October 7, 2023

“I Was a Fair Army Wife”

Katherine Tupper Brown Marshall, George Marshall’s second wife, was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, on October 8, 1882. She earned an…

September 27, 2023

Marshall and the Civilian Conservation Corps

In March 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt proposed the establishment of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a large-scale public relief program…

September 13, 2023

George and Lily Marshall

August 30, 2023

“Trip”: Marshall’s Short-Haired Terrier

VideosView All

July 5, 2023

Now Available: Feathered Messengers: Homing Pigeons of the American Expeditionary Forces

June 5, 2023

Legacy Lecture: Feathered Messengers: Homing Pigeons of the American Expeditionary Forces

April 25, 2023

Legacy Lecture – The Untold Story of Anna Rosenberg

March 9, 2023

Live Legacy Lecture: The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line

December 21, 2022

Legacy Lecture: The Christmas Truce

November 1, 2022

Code Name Arcadia: The First Wartime Conference of Churchill and Roosevelt

September 29, 2022

The Doolittle Raid and Justice for Axis War Crimes

September 13, 2022

“An Army on Alert”: The Cold War Army in Occupied Germany, 1945-55

July 25, 2022

Marshall and the Birth of Modern American Battle

World War IIView All

November 22, 2023

Gratitude and Turkey

When Lt. Col. George Marshall served in World War I, he gained a personal knowledge how hard it is to…

November 8, 2023

Secretary George Marshall’s “Outstanding Expert”

October 25, 2023

Marshall and the “Why We Fight” Films

This blog was originally published on November 28, 2014. On May 27, 1942, the first of seven documentary films, Prelude…

October 10, 2023

Katherine Marshall’s Book, “Together”

August 30, 2023

Marshall and the Invasion of Poland

This article originally appeared on September 1, 2017. September 1 marks the anniversary of the German invasion of Poland, the act…

August 1, 2023

The Manhattan Project

August 1, 2023

General Marshall in the Movies

July 28, 2023

The Marshall Foundation Talks “Oppenheimer”

July 24, 2023

Marshall, Groves, and the Atomic Bomb

Did You Know?View All

November 22, 2023

So You Want to Retire …

After serving 43 years in the U.S. Army, Gen. George Marshall planned to retire. He and his wife, Katherine, would…

November 8, 2023

Secretary George Marshall’s “Outstanding Expert”

October 25, 2023

Marshall and the “Why We Fight” Films

This blog was originally published on November 28, 2014. On May 27, 1942, the first of seven documentary films, Prelude…

August 30, 2023

Marshall at VMI

August 23, 2023

Gratitude and Goodwill: The Story of Gen. Marshall’s Norwegian Elkhound

August 2, 2023

Gen. George C. Marshall, Dog Sitter

July 25, 2023

How to Follow the Life and Travels of General George C. Marshall

An interactive map tracking over 130 events in the life and career of George C. Marshall is now available on…

July 24, 2023

Marshall, Groves, and the Atomic Bomb

July 7, 2023

On the Steps

The Marshall PlanView All

August 23, 2023

Gratitude and Goodwill: The Story of Gen. Marshall’s Norwegian Elkhound

January 12, 2023

Men and Women Behind Secretary of State George Marshall

January 4, 2023

Marshall and the Plan: Testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

This article was originally posted January 12, 2018. On January 8, 1948, Secretary of State George C. Marshall was the…

January 13, 2022

A Modern Haus for Marshall

September 16, 2021

Robert Lovett: A Man of Character and Ability

The main library room at the George C. Marshall Foundation is called the “Lovett Reading Room,” and there is a…

December 8, 2020

George C. Marshall (author of the Marshall Plan)’s Left Ear

I'm interested in the way Americans learn to be Americans, acutely aware as I age that we are born into…

April 3, 2020

Anniversary of the Signing of the Marshall Plan

With the quick strokes of a pen, seventy-two years ago today, President Harry S. Truman changed the course of world…

February 16, 2018

Marshall and The Fight For The European Recovery Plan

Seventy years ago this week the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) continued to work on approving the details of the…

February 24, 2017

Marshall and the Plan: The Princeton Speech

Seventy years ago, newly appointed Secretary of State George C. Marshall delivered remarks at Princeton University on the occasion of…

Marshall MagazineView All

January 1, 2023