North Virginia Beach , Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
“High Flight”
Pride in our Past, Pride in Our Future
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, November 26, 2020
1. “High Flight” Marker
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I have climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds – and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of – wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew -
And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.
John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
Erected by Air Force Association, Tidewater Chapter.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Military.
Location. 36° 50.652′ N, 75° 59.327′ W. Memorial is in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It is in North Virginia Beach. It can be reached from 19th Street just east of Jefferson Avenue, on the left when traveling west. The marker is
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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 walking distance of this marker: In Memory of William “Billy” Myers, Sr. (here, next to this marker); American Revolutionary War Monument (here, next to this marker); River Rats (here, next to this marker); Pearl Harbor Survivors (here, next to this
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, November 26, 2020
2. “High Flight” Marker
Also see . . . Bill Myers Veterans Memorial Park. (Submitted on December 4, 2020, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 4, 2020, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 321 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 4, 2020, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
