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Glen Allen in Henrico County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Liberty Golden Eagle

 
 
Liberty Golden Eagle Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 11, 2019
1. Liberty Golden Eagle Marker
Inscription. Rededicated this day, June 11, 2012 to the men and women of the US Armed Force who have sacrificed so much in the defense of liberty.

Cast in bronze and copper, gilded in 24k gold, the Liberty Golden Eagle proudly soars atop Jefferson Hall, a symbol of remembrance, rebirth and renewal.

I know not what course others may take;
but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!


Patrick Henry - March 23, 1775
Richmond, Virginia

E Pluribus Unum
Out of Many, One

 
Erected 2012.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 37° 39.877′ N, 77° 26.706′ W. Memorial is in Glen Allen, Virginia, in Henrico County. It can be reached from Virginia Center Parkway west of Par Golf Drive, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1000 Virginia Center Parkway, Glen Allen VA 23059, 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
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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: Major General James Ewell Brown Stuart (approx. half a mile away); Yellow Tavern (approx. half a mile away); Stuart’s Mortal Wound (approx. 0.8 miles away); a different marker also named Battle of Yellow Tavern (approx. 0.8 miles away); a different marker also named Stuart’s Mortal Wound (approx. 0.8 miles away); Wickham's Line (approx. 1.2 miles away); Anderson Cemetery (approx. 1.3 miles away); Mount Olive Baptist Church (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Glen Allen.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Battle of Yellow Tavern (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been confirmed missing).
 
Liberty Golden Eagle Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 11, 2019
2. Liberty Golden Eagle Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 11, 2019. It was originally submitted on May 11, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 645 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 11, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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