Beirut Peacekeeping Tower Groundbreaking Media Coverage Thank you to the local media stations for your coverage of this event! Learn more
Rising to remember: Ground broken for Beirut Peacekeepers Memorial Tower in Port Charlotte Learn more
Over 1,000 turn out for Beirut Peacekeeprs Memorial Tower groundbreaking Once complete in about a year, the 3-story tower will stand 45 feet tall with 241 rods — one for each of the 241 lives lost on Oct. 23, 1983, when a suicide bomber drove a truck into the Marine Corps barracks in Beirut. Learn more