Artist's model of the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial Statue depicting the raising of the U.S. flag during the Battle of Iwo Jima

Artist's model, in plaster, of the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial Statue depicting the raising of the U.S. flag over Mt. Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. (presented to John Glenn in the 1960s by the sculptor, Felix DeWeldon)Artifact Size: 27L by 40H by 15D.Date unknown. Artist's plaster model of the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial Statue (Artifact 52). Done in the early 1950s, the model was used by sculptor Felix de Weldon during the building of his monumental bronze sculpture located in Arlington National Cemetery. Felix de Weldon presented the model to John Glenn when Glenn visited the artist's Washington, DC studio in the early 1960s.Credit: John Glenn Archives, The Ohio State University