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The Parris Island Museum is located at Building 111, Panama Street, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in Beaufort, South Carolina, United States.The museum consists of a 10,000-square-foot (930 m 2) facility and includes exhibits of the history of the United States Marine Corps as well as the history of the Port Royal region.
Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island (often abbreviated as MCRD PI) is an 8,095-acre (32.76 km 2) military installation located within Port Royal, South Carolina, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Beaufort, the community that is typically associated with the installation.
It became part of the city with the annexation of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island on October 11, 2002. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau previously defined Parris Island as a census-designated place (CDP) when it was an unincorporated area of Beaufort County. The population was 4,841 at the 2000 census.
On July 11, 1798, President John Adams approved a bill that officially recreated the Corps. The original Nov. 10, 1775 date has been kept for purposes of the birthday celebration.
Parris Island Drydock and Commanding Generals House is a historic home and drydock and national historic district located at Parris Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina. The district encompasses one contributing building and two contributing structures at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. The drydock was constructed in the early ...
The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act mandated the Marine Corps to integrate training at boot camp — by 2025 at Parris Island and 2028 in San Diego. Today, larger groupings of Marines ...
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These institutions vary in their scope and focus, with some museums dedicated to a specific national or regional context and chronicling the military history of a particular country or region, while other museums may concentrate on a particular conflict, era, service, technology (like an artillery museum), or unit (like a regimental museum).