City Park in Portsmouth, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
General Lafayette Memorial
Photographed by Cynthia L. Clark, February 22, 2017
1. General Lafayette Memorial Plaque
Erected 1924 by Fort Nelson Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Restored 2002.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution series list.
Location. 36° 50.009′ N, 76° 22.044′ W. Memorial is in Portsmouth, Virginia. It is in City Park. It is on Cpl J M Williams Avenue north of Clifford Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Portsmouth VA 23701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Virginia’s Hampton Roads, specifically in Coastal Virginia, and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Tidewater. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A Living Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Portsmouth Light Artillery Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); V. C. Andrews Monument (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lest We Forget (approx. 0.4 miles away); Dale Point (approx. 0.7 miles away); Craney Island (approx. Ύ mile away); Sailors and Marines Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); Portsmouth* Gothic (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Portsmouth.
Also see . . .
this page online
1. Visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States. Wikipedia entry:
From July 1824 to September 1825, the French Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving major general of the American Revolutionary War, made a tour of the 24 states in the United States. (Submitted on May 12, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
2. Portsmouth City Park website. (Submitted on June 15, 2017, by Cynthia L. Clark of Suffolk, Virginia.)
Photographed by Cynthia L. Clark, February 22, 2017
2. General Lafayette Memorial.
Pictured in the far background is the Churchland Bridge on South High Street that crosses the western branch of the Elizabeth River.
Photographed by Cynthia L. Clark, February 22, 2017
3. A side view of the memorial.
The marker in the foreground is an American Legion memorial. See the detail photo of it.
Photographed by Cynthia L. Clark, August 31, 2011
4. General LaFayette Memorial in 2011
Pictured in the left background is a mound where the tree once stood. The shade from it branches can also be seen.
Photographed by Cynthia L. Clark, February 22, 2017
5. Memorial for James Lynch.
The memorial inscription is: This tree planted in memory of James Lynch who died August 28, 1917 for God and country. It was placed by the American Legion. The tree, however, is missing now; but it was there in 2011. See photo of General LaFayette Memorial in 2011.
Photographed by Cynthia L. Clark, February 22, 2017
6. City Park of Portsmouth Entrance.
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