About
Our mission is to take The Traveling Beirut Memorial Wall to the hometowns and cities of all the fallen soldiers so that Gold Star families, who might not be able to travel to North Carolina, can pay their respect, honor lost loved ones, and understand details of the tragedy.
The Fallen
The loss on Oct. 23, 1983, was the largest single loss of Marines since Iwo Jima in 1945. Nick Mottola has wanted to honor their sacrifice for quite some time. The Traveling Beirut Memorial Wall will be a legacy left for their next generations.
History
1983 Beirut barracks bombings, terrorist bombing attacks against U.S. and French armed forces in Beirut on October 23, 1983, that claimed 299 lives. The attacks, which took place amid the sectarian conflict of the extremely damaging Lebanese civil war (1975–90), hastened the removal of the international peacekeeping force from Lebanon in February 1984.
Our Mission
The Traveling Beirut Memorial Wall is a replica of the stationary Beirut Memorial Wall, which is located outside the gate of Camp Gilbert H. Johnson, a satellite camp of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, in Jacksonville, N.C.
Our goal is to take this replica to the hometowns and cities of all the fallen soldiers so that Gold Star families, who might not be able to travel to North Carolina, can pay their respect, honor lost loved ones, and understand details of the tragedy.