Wythe in Newport News, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Veterans Memorial
World Wars I, II, Korean, & Vietnam
Erected by Braxton-Perkins Post #25, American Legion.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 36° 59.521′ N, 76° 24.079′ W. Memorial is in Newport News, Virginia. It is in Wythe. It is on Parish Avenue 0.1 miles north of 28th Street (Virginia Route 143), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1445 28th St, Newport News VA 23607, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is on Virginia’s Peninsula, in Hampton Roads, 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: Greenlawn Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); The Newsome House (approx. Ό mile away); a different marker also named Newsome House (approx. Ό mile away); The Winfield-Jones House (approx. Ό mile away); Confederate Dead (approx. Ό mile away); Newport News POW Camp (approx. Ό mile away); The Brown Center (approx. Ό mile away); Pearl Bailey (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Newport News.
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