Chester in Chesterfield County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Veterans Memorial
Dedicated to those who served in the Armed Forces of the United States
This memorial obtained from Dutch Gap at the site where on May 16, 1619 the Virginia Company of London decreed that a college or university should be established
Erected 1949 by American Legion, Chesterfield, Post 196.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Education • Military.
Location. 37° 21.388′ N, 77° 26.711′ W. Memorial is in Chester, Virginia, in Chesterfield County. It is at the intersection of West Hundred Road (Virginia Route 144) and Old Hundred Road, on the right when traveling east on West Hundred Road. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Chester VA 23831, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Virginia’s Piedmont, in Central Virginia, and in the Richmond Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. 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 different marker also named Battle of Chester Station (approx. 1.3 miles away); a different marker also named Battle of Chester Station (approx. 1.3 miles away); George Washington Carver High School (approx. 1.6 miles away); Farrar's Island (approx. 1.7 miles away); Osbornes (approx. 1.7 miles away); First Baptist Church (Centralia)
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Another marker is no longer nearby. Battle of Chester Station (was approx. 1.3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Credits. This page was last revised on January 17, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 11, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 320 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 11, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
