Organization

Mission

To honor the 1st Marine Division’s legacy with a monument in the Semper Fidelis Memorial Park at the Marine Corps Heritage Center in Triangle, VA.

Marine Corps Museum in Heritage, VA designed by Fentress Architects

Council of Advisors

  • BGen Thomas V. Draude,
    USMC (Ret)
  • Jon Grissom (Higgs Fletcher Mack)
  • Charles D. Melson,
    Maj USMC (Ret),
    (Chief Historian of the Marine Corps)
  • Richard Rothwell Col,
    USMC (Ret)

1st Marine Division Foundation Staff

  • CHAIRMAN: Charles W. Kershaw LtCol,
    USMC (Ret)
  • VICE CHAIRMAN: Robert Fawcett Colonel,
    USMC (Ret)
  • TREASURER: Janet Mennes, CPA
  • SECRETARY: Connie Ulrich Kershaw

*All Advisory and Staff positions are voluntary and unpaid.