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MacArthur Square WI254

MacArthur Square was designated on September 17, 1945, to honor General of the Army Douglas MacArthur for his leadership of Allied forces in the Pacific during World War II. MacArthur, his father General Arthur MacArthur, and his grandfather Judge Arthur MacArthur were all residents of Milwaukee. Douglas lived at the Plank in ton House and attended West Division High School. In 1898 he was appointed to the U. S. Military Academy by Milwaukee Congressman Theobald Otjen. Douglas MacArthur's final visit here was on April 27, 1951, when he received an honorary degree from Marquette University and spoke at this site.

Erected 1978

Civic Center, Milwaukee Milwaukee County Wisconsin


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