Gauley Bridge in Fayette County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

Gauley Bridge War Memorial

Photographed by J. J. Prats, July 14, 2019

1. Gauley Bridge War Memorial

Inscription. Today we stand on a silent battlefield. The smoke of guns long since cooled hangs densely about our feet. Thousands of white crosses honor the noble dead. The wars are over. And the empty echoes of yesterday’s cannons ring dimly in our ears.

The Gauley Bridge War Memorial Stands in Honor of the Brave Men and Women of Gauley Bridge Who Gave Their Lives So We Might Be Free.

Dedicated by the Town of Gauley Bridge, May 30, 1988. Charles H. Keenan, Mayor; Mary F. Blackwell, Recorder. Council: Ruby I. Winebrenner, T. Harvey Layne, Jr., Roy E. Young, Guy H. Waugh, Thomas J. Goldston.

Edmond “Bum” Code Post #129, American Legion Department of West Virginia. Veterans of Foreign Wars, Ted Christian, Jr. Post No. 8366, Department of Virginia.

Erected 1988 by the Town of Gauley Bridge.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 38° 9.861′ N, 81° 11.821′ W. Memorial is in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, in Fayette County. It is at the intersection of Main Street/Gauley River Road and River Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street/Gauley River Road. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Gauley Bridge WV 25085, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the New River Gorge

and in Greater Charleston Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are

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within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Gauley Bridge (approx. 0.2 miles away); Less We Forget (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Gauley Bridge (approx. 0.2 miles away); Camp Reynolds (approx. 1.4 miles away); Christopher Q. Tompkins / Gauley Mount (approx. 2.3 miles away); Hawk's Nest Tunnel Disaster (approx. 4.7 miles away); Hawk’s Nest (approx. 4.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gauley Bridge.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Battles For The Bridges (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by J. J. Prats, July 14, 2019

2. Gauley Bridge War Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on March 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 18, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 612 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 18, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.