Legacy
He is the great-great-grandfather of actress Angela Goethals.
In World War II, the United States liberty ship, USNS George W. Goethals (T-AP-182), was named in his honor. He has one street named for him in the city of Richland, Washington. Another one named Goethals Avenue in Queens, New York City at St. John's University.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)