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Billionaire David Rubenstein gives $5M to refurbish Iwo Jima sculpture
David Rubenstein has done so much good with his money. If I ever run into him, I'd like to shake his hand.
Billionaire David Rubenstein gives $5M to refurbish Iwo Jima sculpture
By Michael E. Ruane April 29
In October 1944, in the depths of World War II, a young man from Baltimore named Robert Rubenstein dropped out of high school and, with his mother’s permission, enlisted in the Marine Corps. He was 17.
Rubenstein was assigned to a machine gun crew, served on the battleship USS Tennessee and survived the war. He came home to Baltimore, raised a family and was always proud of being a Marine.
On Wednesday, his son, David, the billionaire philanthropist, announced that he is donating $5.37 million to refurbish the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, the 100-ton bronze sculpture of the flag-raising at Iwo Jima during the war.
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The donation follows Rubenstein’s $10 million gift to Montpelier, the historic Orange, Va., home of the nation’s fourth president, James Madison, in November. .. He previously donated $5 million to the White House Visitor Center in September and $12.3 million to Arlington House, the home of Robert E. Lee, in July. ... And after the 2011 earthquake, he paid $7.5 million of the $15 million cost to repair the Washington Monument.
In October 1944, in the depths of World War II, a young man from Baltimore named Robert Rubenstein dropped out of high school and, with his mother’s permission, enlisted in the Marine Corps. He was 17.
Rubenstein was assigned to a machine gun crew, served on the battleship USS Tennessee and survived the war. He came home to Baltimore, raised a family and was always proud of being a Marine.
On Wednesday, his son, David, the billionaire philanthropist, announced that he is donating $5.37 million to refurbish the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, the 100-ton bronze sculpture of the flag-raising at Iwo Jima during the war.
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The donation follows Rubenstein’s $10 million gift to Montpelier, the historic Orange, Va., home of the nation’s fourth president, James Madison, in November. .. He previously donated $5 million to the White House Visitor Center in September and $12.3 million to Arlington House, the home of Robert E. Lee, in July. ... And after the 2011 earthquake, he paid $7.5 million of the $15 million cost to repair the Washington Monument.
Magna Carta, anyone? That's David Rubenstein's copy at the National Archives. He thought it would spiff up the place a little.
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