Dodona Manor--Home of Gen. George C. Marshall

Loudoun County · dedicated 1999 · Rte. 7 (East Market Street), 0.28 miles east of Rte. 15 (King Street), Leesburg.

This early-19th-century house and its surroundings four acres were purchased in 1941 by Gen. Marshall (1880-1959) and his wife, Katherine Tupper Marshall (1882-1978). A student of the classics, Marshall called the house, in its grove of oaks, "Dodona Manor" after the ancient Greek oracle that spoke through oak leaves. This was their home during the years of Marshall's great achievements as military chief of staff during World War II, presidential emissary to China in 1945, secretary of state (1947-1949), and secretary of defense (1950-1951). The Marshall Plan for restoring war-torn Europe won Marshall the Nobel Prize in 1953.

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