{"id":22572,"date":"2018-11-01T17:44:13","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T17:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/11\/01\/california-road-to-honor-marine-icon-r-lee-ermey-play-the-marines-hymn\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:38:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:38:50","slug":"california-road-to-honor-marine-icon-r-lee-ermey-play-the-marines-hymn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/11\/01\/california-road-to-honor-marine-icon-r-lee-ermey-play-the-marines-hymn\/","title":{"rendered":"California road to honor Marine icon R. Lee Ermey, play \u2018The Marines\u2019 Hymn&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">California plans to pay tribute to \u201cFull Metal Jacket\u2019\u201d actor and Marine icon R. Lee Ermey by naming a road after him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A seven-mile stretch of road in Palmdale, California, known as Avenue N will be renamed R. Lee Ermey Avenue, in honor of the acclaimed actor and Marine veteran, according to a fundraising page associated with Ermey\u2019s supporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/road-that-plays-marines-hymn-to-be-named-after-veteran-and-actor-r-lee-ermey-1.554547?fbclid=IwAR0Tx10sd9_gv3Grlfdw_J-PdlYREtO-VOOzY6sNJphnTa_0UTm8sRRvcKk\" target=_blank>Stars and Stripes<\/a> reported that the stretch of road will also play the \u201cThe Marines\u2019 Hymn\u201d when driving over special grooves in the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">California officials with Palmdale and Lancaster, Los Angeles County and California Department of Transportation approved the effort to rename the avenue but lack the funding to put the endeavor into action.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/04\/15\/full-metal-jacket-actor-marine-icon-r-lee-ermey-dies-at-74\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ARM-gunny-web.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">\u2018Full Metal Jacket\u2019 actor, Marine icon R. 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Lee Ermey is best known for his pivotal role as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in \u201cFull Metal Jacket.\u201d He would go on to star in television shows and inspire Marines everywhere.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supporters of Ermey have since sprung into action by launching a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/r-lee-ermey-memorial-ave\" target=_blank>GoFundMe<\/a> page to raise $150,000 to pay for street signs, highway signs and memorial plaques, according to the fundraising page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The stretch of road to be renamed was closest to Ermey\u2019s home of nearly 20 years, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avpress.com\/news\/ermey-street-name-coming\/article_3a38da84-db36-11e8-bef2-4338e1323cb9.html\" target=_blank>Antelope Valley Press <\/a>reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legendary Marine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/04\/15\/full-metal-jacket-actor-marine-icon-r-lee-ermey-dies-at-74\/\" target=_blank>passed away<\/a> at the age of 74 in April due to complications of pneumonia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is best known for his role as the hard charging drill instructor Gunnery Sgt. 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James Jones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The newly renamed road will be unveiled at a public ceremony during the Corps&#8217; 243rd birthday on Nov. 10, the Antelope Valley Press reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The seven-mile stretch of road will play &#8220;The Marines&#8217; Hymn&#8221; when cars drive over it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":14138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":69,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":{"2":{"categories":["news","salute-veterans","military-honor","your-military","left-column","home","middle-column","newsletters","good-news-report"],"primary_category":"salute-veterans"},"4":{"categories":["military-honor"],"primary_category":""},"5":{"categories":["military-honor"],"primary_category":""},"7":{"categories":["military-honor"],"primary_category":""}}},"categories":[101,10,12,25,6457,69],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3398],"class_list":["post-22572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-military-honor","category-news","category-newsletters","category-salute-veterans","category-your-marine-corps"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"G7NYP5WJ6NHMLLZWJJOV4SE6PY","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/11\/01\/california-road-to-honor-marine-icon-r-lee-ermey-play-the-marines-hymn\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>California road to honor Marine icon R. 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