List of places named for Douglas MacArthur

United States Army General Douglas MacArthur 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 World War II as well. He was very popular with the people of the Philippines (he was the Field Marshal of the Philippine Army in the 1930s) who still consider him a national hero to the present day. There are monuments and historical markers all over the Philippines that memorialize almost every single location where MacArthur served in the Philippines from his first tour there in 1903 to 1961, his final farewell tour to the Philippines.^[1]

Towns & Places[]

• MacArthur, Leyte, Philippines
• General MacArthur, Eastern Samar, Philippines
• Bgy. MacArthur, Monreal, Masbate, Philippines

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. It is also one of the oldest schools in the district.
• 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".
• Douglas MacArthur Elementary School in Mesa, Arizona is named after the general.
• Douglas MacArthur Elementary School in Lakewood, California
• Douglas MacArthur Elementary School in Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Douglas MacArthur Elementary School in Albuquerque, New Mexico
• 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.
• 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.
• Douglas MacArthur Elementary School, Indianapolis, Indiana
• MacArthur Middle School, Berkeley, Illinois
• Douglas MacArthur Elementary School, 1101 Janneys Lane, Alexandria, Virginia.
• MacArthur K-8 University Academy, in Southfield, MI
• MacArthur Elementary School, Las Cruces, NM. The oldest elementary school in Las Cruces, NM. Established in 1954

Roads and bridges[]

West entrance of the MacArthur Tunnel in San Francisco, California.

• MacArthur Road in Trumbull, Connecticut.
• MacArthur Road runs north of the Pershing Road intersection in Decatur, Illinois. South of Pershing Road, it becomes Monroe Street.
• MacArthur Road (Pennsylvania Route 145) in Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.^[2]
• Douglas McArthur Drive in Starkville, Mississippi.
• Douglas MacArthur Road in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
• 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 is a major highway in Orange County, California. It runs east of the Santa Ana River to the 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 MacArthur 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 Boulevard is a major street in Irving, Texas that runs north to Lewisville, Texas ending at Vista Ridge Mall through Valley Ranch and Las Colinas communities in Irving. It runs by North Lake College and Irving High School where it ends in Grand Prairie to the south.
• 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.
• The MacArthur Causeway is a six lane highway that links downtown Miami, Florida with the city of Miami Beach. The roadway (State Road A1A) crosses the Biscayne Bay south of the Venetian Causeway and north of the Port of Miami.
• An 18-mile (29 km) section of Interstate 580 running between and though the cities of Oakland, California and Castro Valley, California was dedicated to the Great General upon its completion. It is commonly referred to as the "MacArthur Freeway."
• MacArthur Bridge in Manila, Philippines runs across the Pasig River.
• MacArthur Highway, a 500-kilometre (310 mi) section of the Manila North Road that spans from Caloocan, Metro Manila to Ilocos Norte in the Philippines.
• MacArthur Highway in Davao region in Southern Philippines.
• MacArthur Avenue, Munster, Indiana, USA
• MacArthur Boulevard is a major thoroughfare in Springfield, Illinois
• MacArthur Avenue, Canberra, Australia.
• MacArthur Avenue, Fort Devens, Massachusetts.

Others[]

MacArthur statue at Freedom (Jayu) Park, Incheon, South Korea

Close up of the statue

MacArthur Garden at Atsugi Naval Air Base, Japan

MacArthur statue at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York

MacArthur Chambers, Brisbane, Australia

• The Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom, an extension of Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, is named for the general. It has a life-size statue of MacArthur in front of the building. Douglas MacArthur's Medal of Honor is on permanent display in the MacArthur Gallery, along with a collection of MacArthur's effects, including swords from the Philippines and Japan, a collection of his pipes, and other personal belongings.
• MacArthur Park (formerly Westlake Park) is a park in Los Angeles, California, named after General Douglas MacArthur and designated city of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #100. It is located in the Westlake neighborhood of the city and is named after General MacArthur. The park was also the basis of the song of the same name written by Jimmy Webb.
• MacArthur Park Historic District in Little Rock, Arkansas. The district's namesake park includes the Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal, where Douglas MacArthur was born.
• 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.
• MacArthur Square is a commons area located to the east of the Milwaukee County Courthouse in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
• MacArthur Inn, an historic hotel circa 1940, in Narrows, Virginia.
• MacArthur Landing Memorial is situated in Red Beach, Palo, Leyte in the Philippines. The monument, created by sculptor Anastacio Caedo, marks the spot where General Douglas MacArthur landed with the American Liberation Forces in October, 1944 starting the Battle of Leyte.
• MacArthur Hotel and Resort in Red Beach, Palo Leyte in the Philippines just beside the MacArthur Landing Memorial.
• The three-bedroom MacArthur Suite of the Manila Hotel was the residence of Gen. MacArthur while living in the country. The suite is located at the 5th floor of the original structure.^[3]
• Douglas MacArthur Memorial at Tondaligan Blue Beach, Dagupan, Philippines memorializing the January 1945 Lingayen Gulf landings.
• The MacArthur Memorial Room in the Dai-Ichi Building in Tokyo, Japan was established in honor of MacArthur's tenure as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers during the occupation of Japan. Everything in the room has been kept the exact same as when MacArthur worked there from 1945-51.^[4]
• MacArthur Garden and MacArthur Statue in Atsugi Naval Air Base, Japan memorializing the August 1945 landing by MacArthur in Japan. This event started the occupation of Japan.^[5]
• The large MacArthur Central plaza in downtown Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is named after Douglas MacArthur and has as its logo the five stars of his rank. The MacArthur Museum MacArthur Museum, Brisbane, which was opened to the public in 2004, is located within the MacArthur Central building, which was renamed MacArthur Chambers in honor of MacArthur.
• A monument to MacArthur in Landres-et-Saint-Georges, France was dedicated to honor his service with the 42nd Infantry "Rainbow" Division in World War I.^[6]
• A portion of the Gadjah Mada University INCULS library in Sleman, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia has been set aside as "The Douglas MacArthur Memorial Library for Peace, Tolerance, and Justice." Started in August 2006, the library receives book donations each year from students participating in the United States - Indonesia Society's Summer Studies program. One of the books, Cryptonomicon, features MacArthur as a supporting character.
• Gen. MacArthur Memorial Marker is a historical marker located at the edge of the Port of Macabalan Wharf in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines; the monument commemorates two historical events.
• A statue of MacArthur built in Jayu (Freedom) Park, in Incheon, South Korea in 1957 has become a site of contention between some civic groups who consider the statue a symbol of imperialism, should be removed, and some veteran groups who consider him a hero and symbol of all Korean and UN forces who died.^[7] Skirmishes between the two groups have forced the Korean government to protect the statue with troops. In November 2006, a MacArthur Statue protest leader was arrested.^[8]
• MacArthur Stadium was a former sports complex in Syracuse, New York from 1934 to 1997. It was primarily used by the Syracuse Chiefs for minor league baseball. The stadium was renamed in honor of MacArthur in 1942 and kept that name until its demolition in 1997.
• MacArthur Monument at the former location of the headquarters and lodging of MacArthur in Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia. The hill where the monument is located is called MacArthur hill (Bukit MacArthur) or, in locals spelling, Makatur hill (Bukit Makatur).^[9]
• A giant letters off the coast of Zum-zum island in Morotai Islands, North Maluku, Indonesia reads "Zum-zum Mc.Arthur Island" [sic], as General MacArthur once stayed in the island during Battle of Morotai and the island is also commonly called MacArthur island. A MacArthur statue is also present.^[10]
• Douglas St Santa Fe, New Mexico

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