Editing Francis Marion (section)

==Landmarks==
{{Main|List of places named for Francis Marion}}
[[Image:Francis Marion Park, Georgetown, SC IMG 4511.JPG|right|thumb|
The Francis Marion Park is located in front of the Harborwalk in [[Georgetown, South Carolina]].]] 

Numerous locations in the U.S. are named after Francis Marion, including the [[Francis Marion National Forest]] near [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], South Carolina. The city of [[Marion, Iowa]]. holds an annual Swamp Fox Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Swamp Fox Festival {{!}} City of Marion, IA|url=https://www.cityofmarion.org/recreation/parks-recreation/events/swamp-fox-festival|access-date=July 16, 2020|website=www.cityofmarion.org}}</ref> [[Marion County, South Carolina]], and its county seat, the [[Marion, South Carolina|City of Marion]], are named for Marion. The city features a statue of General Marion in the town square, and has a museum which includes many artifacts related to Francis Marion; the Marion High School mascot is the Swamp Fox. [[Francis Marion University]] is located nearby in [[Florence County, South Carolina]]. The [[Swamp_Fox_(roller_coaster)|Swamp Fox]] is a wooden roller coaster located in [[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina]]. In Washington, D.C., [[Marion Park]] is one of the four large parks in the [[Capitol Hill]] Parks constellation. The park is bounded by 4th & 6th Streets and at the intersection of E Street and South Carolina Avenue in southeast Washington, D.C.<ref>National Park Service – Marion Park: http://www.nps.gov/cahi/historyculture/cahi_marion.htm</ref> 

The [[Francis Marion Hotel]] is a historic hotel in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Within the hotel is a restaurant called the Swamp Fox. The municipalities of Marion in [[Marion, Alabama|Alabama]], [[Marion, Illinois|Illinois]], [[Marion, Indiana|Indiana]], [[Marion, Iowa|Iowa]], [[Marion, Kansas|Kansas]], [[Marion, Kentucky |Kentucky]], [[Marion, Louisiana|Louisiana]], [[Marion, Massachusetts|Massachusetts]], [[Marion, Mississippi|Mississippi]], [[Marion, New York|New York]], [[Marion, North Carolina|North Carolina]], [[Marion, Ohio|Ohio]], [[Marion, Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]], [[Marion, South Carolina|South Carolina]], [[Marion, Virginia|Virginia]], and [[Marion Center, Pennsylvania]], are named for Francis Marion. [[Marion County, Indiana]] (of which the city of [[Indianapolis]] is a part), is named for the general, as are Marion Counties in [[Marion County, Alabama|Alabama]], [[Marion County, Arkansas|Arkansas]], [[Marion County, Florida|Florida]], [[Marion County, Georgia|Georgia]], [[Marion County, Iowa|Iowa]], [[Marion County, Illinois|Illinois]], [[Marion County, Kansas|Kansas]], [[Marion County, Kentucky|Kentucky]], [[Marion County, Missouri|Missouri]], [[Marion County, Mississippi|Mississippi]], [[Marion County, Ohio|Ohio]], [[Marion County, Oregon|Oregon]], [[Marion County, South Carolina|South Carolina]], [[Marion County, Tennessee|Tennessee]], [[Marion County, Texas|Texas]], and [[Marion County, West Virginia|West Virginia]], and more than 30 [[Marion Township (disambiguation)|townships]] in nine states. The [[Military Junior College]] [[Marion Military Institute]] in [[Marion, Alabama]], has an organization called Swamp Fox which is attributed to Francis Marion. The [[marionberry]] is named after the county in Oregon and so derives its name from him.<ref name ="Gannett">{{cite book|last=Gannett|first=Henry|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA200|year=1905|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=200}}</ref> 

The [[169th Fighter Wing]] of the [[South Carolina Air National Guard]], located about 12 miles east of Columbia in Eastover, South Carolina, boasts the title "Home of the Swamp Fox" and has an image of the face of a fox painted on the body of their F-16 Fighter Jets. The [[South Carolina State Guard]], the successor to the South Carolina Militia, charters the Swamp Fox Explorer Post 1670 through the national division of [[Exploring (Learning for Life)]] for youth 14 to 20 years of age. In 1994, Marion was posthumously inducted into the U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rangers-army.org/images/RHOF_Master_List_thru_2015.pdf |title=U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame |date=June 12, 2015 |publisher=Worldwide Army Rangers, Inc |access-date=November 7, 2021}}</ref> 

In 2006, the [[United States House of Representatives]] approved a monument to Francis Marion, to be built in [[Washington, D.C.]], sometime in 2007–2008. The bill died in the [[United States Senate|Senate]] and was reintroduced in January 2007. The Brigadier General Francis Marion Memorial Act of 2007 passed the House of Representatives in March 2007, and the Senate in April 2008. The bill was packaged into the omnibus [[Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008]], which passed both houses and was enacted in May 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm?volume=122&page=781|title=Public Law 110–228|website=US House of Representatives}}</ref> Although a site at [[Marion Park]] was selected,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?parkID=428&projectID=54952&documentID=61949|title=NPS PEPC – Public Scoping: Marion Memorial-Site Selection|website=parkplanning.nps.gov|access-date=April 8, 2019}}</ref> it was not built before authorization expired in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm?volume=129&page=1184|title=Public Law 114–92|website=US House of Representatives}}</ref> Some local residents opposed a monument to a slaveowner.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2014/12/02/dont-want-a-federal-monument-in-your-neighborhood-park-tough-luck/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706164924/https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2014/12/02/dont-want-a-federal-monument-in-your-neighborhood-park-tough-luck/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 6, 2018|title=Don't want a federal monument in your neighborhood park? Tough luck.|last=Dingfelder|first=Sadie|date=December 2, 2014|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> The U.S. Navy was home to the [[USS Francis Marion (APA-249)|USS ''Francis Marion'']], a ''Paul Revere''-class attack transport. The ship served as the flag for COMPHIBGRU 2 (Commander Amphibious Group 2). For many years, Submarine Squadron Four at the Charleston Naval Base called itself the Swamp Fox Squadron.