Most famously, the National World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, built and dedicated in recent years, memorializes the US Merchant Marine along with the other services. See http://www.wwiimemorial.com/archives/factsheets/memorialdesign.htm.
There are many other veterans' memorials across the country that are either dedicated solely to the Merchant Marine or are dedicated to the Merchant Marine along with at least some of the other services. Here's a sampling of memorials with their web pages and locations:
http://www.warsailors.com/freefleet/memorials.html#misc New York, NY
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10154/1062565-54.stm Butler, PA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_%E2%80%93_Merchant_Marine_Memorial Washington, DC
http://www.flickr.com/photos/historian77/2229267730/ Wichita, KS
http://www.mcallen.net/veterans/default.aspx McAllen, TX
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6YHX_Lady_Victory_the_New_Jersey_World_War_II_Memorial_Trenton_NJ Trenton, NJ
http://www.seafarers.org/HeardAtHQ/2005/Q2/memorialpic.xml Camden, NJ
http://www.seafarers.org/HeardAtHQ/2003/Q4/memorial.xml Boston, MA
http://www.armed-guard.com/p522.html New London, CT
http://www.glynncounty.com/cgi-bin/oaktree.pl?ID=00012470 Brunswick, GA
http://www.seafarers.org/log/2004/082004/Memorial.xml Alaska
Doubtlessly there are still more. A Google search for "merchant marine memorials" would likely turn up many others.
Ron Carlson, Webmaster
Armed Guard website
www.armed-guard.com
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