Places named for Douglas MacArthur

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Douglas MacArthur, United States Army General is remembered for his services in many places. Schools, roads and parks are among those that have been named in his honor. MacArthur was enormously popular with the American public, even after his defeat in the Philippines, and across the United States streets, public works, children and even a dance step were named for him during WWII as well.^[1]

Contents 1 Schools 2 Roads and bridges 3 Others 4 References

[edit] Schools

• Douglas MacArthur High School (1950) in San Antonio, Texas, whose mascot is "The Mighty Brahmas" and is a part of the North East Independent School District, is named for MacArthur.

• Douglas MacArthur High School in Levittown, New York was named after the general also.

• Douglas MacArthur Fundamental Intermediate School is located in Santa Ana, California; this was also named after the General.

• Douglas MacArthur Junior High School in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Their original mascot was "the Cadets".

• Irving, Texas is home to MacArthur High School, which is also on MacArthur Boulevard. The southern part of town is home to Nimitz High School.

• Houston, Texas is home to MacArthur High School as well as Nimitz High School and Eisenhower High School; all are located in the Aldine Independent School District.

• MacArthur Elementary-Intermediate School in El Paso, Texas is named after Douglas MacArthur. It is in the El Paso Independent School District.

• MacArthur High School in Lawton, Oklahoma.

• MacArthur Middle School on Fort George G. Meade army base in Fort Meade, Maryland. Famous alumni include Nick Noone.

• Macarthur High School in Decatur, Illinois.

• Douglas MacArthur Elementary School in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Their mascot is "The Generals."

• Douglas MacArthur Elementary School in Waltham, Massachusetts.

[edit] Roads and bridges

• The MacArthur Bridge in Detroit, Michigan runs across the Detroit River to Belle Isle Park.

• There are two bridges and one road named after MacArthur in Taiwan, the MacArthur Highway (麥克阿瑟公路), becoming one of the only three foreigners who have had a landmark named after them, the other two being Franklin Roosevelt and George Leslie Mackay. The road is located in Taipei, although it is renamed now. The two bridges remain.

• MacArthur Boulevard in Maryland and Washington, D.C. is named in his honor. It runs from Great Falls Park in Potomac, Maryland, into the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

• MacArthur Boulevard is a major highway in Orange County, California. It runs east of the Santa Ana River to Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach. This road is also the access to John Wayne Airport.

• Though there is a deviation in the spelling, McArthur Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri is named after General MacArthur. It runs from Goodfellow Boulevard to Darby Street.

• A street, MacArthur Boulevard, a section of Interstate 580 and a major freeway interchange in Oakland, California, are named after him. A local BART rapid transit station in Oakland is named after its location atop the street and in the freeway median. The tunnel south of the Golden Gate Bridge on Highway 1 where it passes through the Presidio in San Francisco is named after him.

• MacArthur Drive, is an 8-mile (13 km) long multilane bypass around the western side of Alexandria, Louisiana. Throughout, it bears US 71 and in places the additional road numbers for US 165, US 167, and LA 28. Until the 1992 closure of England Air Force Base, MacArthur Drive helped connect it with Camp Beauregard, which lies northeast of Alexandria and is a major facility for the Louisiana National Guard.

• MacArthur Boulevard is a major street in the Algiers section of New Orleans, Louisiana.

• MacArthur Drive is a major thoroughfare in the northwestern part of North Little Rock, Arkansas and is also known as Arkansas Highway 365.

• MacArthur Boulevard is a major highway in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and terminates at the Federal Aviation Administration training academy there.

[edit] Others

• MacArthur Park located in western 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 Mall in Norfolk, Virginia, where a huge memorial lies just across the street.

• MacArthur Square is a commons area located to the east of the Milwaukee County Courthouse in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

[edit] References