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

Fayetteville Korean War Memorial

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel

1. Fayetteville Korean War Memorial

Inscription. Left Marker
Fayetteville Town Park
Memorial Park was presented to citizens of Fayetteville to honor all veterans who served to defend their country. LaFayette Post No. 149, The American Legion, obtained lease for this property on August 4, 1958 from the New River Pocahontas Coal Co. On November 6, 1972, Berwind Land Co., a holding company, with LaFayette Post No. 149, deeded the 11.42 acres to the town of Fayetteville for a park.

Center Marker
KOREA
The Forgotten War
June 25 1950 - July 27 1953

Dedicated to the men and women who served in the Korean War and to those who did not return home but are not forgotten

/Right Marker
Freedom is not Free
I watched the flag pass by one day. It fluttered in the breeze. A young soldier saluted it, and then he stood at ease. I looked at him in uniform so young, so tall so proud. With hair cut square and eyes alert he’d stand out in any crowd. I thought, how many men like him had fallen through the years? How many mothers’ tears? How many pilots’ planes shot down? How many foxholes were soldiers craves? No freedom is not free. I heard the sound of taps one night, when

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everything was still. I listened to the bugler play and felt a sudden chill. I wondered just how many times that taps had meant Amen when a flag had draped a coffin of a brother or a friend. I thought of all the children of the mothers and the wives of fathers, sons, and husbands with interrupted lives. I thought. about the graveyard: at the bottom of the sea, of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No Freedom ls not Free!

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Korean.

Location. 38° 3.385′ N, 81° 5.591′ W. Memorial is in Fayetteville, West Virginia, in Fayette County. It can be reached from Park Drive. Located in Fayetteville Town Park. Near the skate park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Fayetteville WV 25840, 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

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel

2. Fayetteville Korean War Memorial

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 within walking distance of this marker: Fayetteville Town Park (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Faith During War (approx. 0.6 miles away); Marquis de Lafayette (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Battle of Fayetteville (approx. 0.6 miles away); Fayetteville (approx. 0.6 miles away); Fayette County Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Abraham Vandal (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Battle of Fayetteville (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fayetteville.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Battle of Fayetteville (was approx. 0.6 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel

3. Fayetteville Korean War Memorial

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel

4. Fayetteville Korean War Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on January 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 30, 2020, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 231 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 30, 2020, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.