Culpeper in Culpeper County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

In Memoriam

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1. In Memoriam Marker

Inscription.
Honoring Culpeper citizens who gave their lives in service to their country

World War II
William Robert Baker • Joseph Evan Beach • John Travers Bickers • Claude Powell Bradley • Staunton Montgomery Brown • George Washington Bryson Sr. • Mercer Walter Clatterbuk • Ernest Maxwell Curtis • Joseph Earl Curtis • Cornelius Abram Donald • Harry James Drumgodle • Charles Wallace Edwards • George Richard Elliott • Robert Jameson Fant • Dennis William Faulconer • Percy Marshall Faulkner • James Philip Fort • James F. Frazier • James Oscar Green • John Conway Guthrie • Frank Gilbredth Hamilton • John Linwood Hawkins • Theodore Bradley Hitt • Delmar Emmett Hutchison • George Franklin Jenkins • Russell Layne Jackson • Morton D. Jasper • Irvine B. Jenkins • Leroy M. Jenkins • Elias Mauzy Johnson, Jr. • Row W. Jones • Paul Kennedy • Francis Wendell Latham • Hermon W. Lawson • Lewis Archibald Lillard • Norman Hall Marean • Robert B. Matthews • Andrew Franklin Mitchell • James H. Rector • Edgar T. Revercomb • John Marshall Ribble • Garland Burnley Taylor

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• Harrison Thompson, Sr. • Sayre Nottingham Thompson • Lenwood Talmadge Turner • Garnett Shields Williams • William Robinson Williams • Fitzhugh Wooding • Robert Conrad Yowell

Korean War
Jack Shelton Blankenbaker • Frazier Deal • Robert Lee M. Grimsley

"…our first thoughts, of course -- thoughts of gratefulness and deep obligation -- go out to those of our loved ones who have given their lives so that this day of ultimate victory might come and assure the survival of a civilized world."
President Truman following the signing of Japan's official surrender, 1 September 1945
"Almighty God — our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity…
…For these men are lately drawn from the ways of peace. They fight not for the lust of conquest, they fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. They fight to let justice arise, and tolerance and good will among all Thy people, they but yearn for the end of battle, for their return to the haven of home…
…Some will never
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return. Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants, into Thy Kingdom."
From President Roosevelt's D-Day prayer to the nation, 6 June 1944
"…With special feelings of sorry -- and of solemn gratitude -- we think of those who were called to lay down their lives in that far-off land to prove once again that only courage and sacrifice can keep freedom alive upon the Earth."
President Eisenhower, announcing the signing of the Korean Armistice, 27 July 1953

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #32 Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Former U.S. Presidents: #33 Harry S. Truman, and the Former U.S. Presidents: #34 Dwight D. Eisenhower series lists.

Location. 38° 28.635′ N, 77° 59.279′ W. Memorial is in Culpeper, Virginia, in Culpeper County. It is on Wine Street just south of Old Brandy Road, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 527 Wine St, Culpeper VA 22701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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this memorial is in the Washington Metropolitan Area

and in Northern Virginia.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

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,

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: A Tribute to Black Americans – Early 1900’s (approx. 0.4 miles away); Eppa Rixey Boyhood Home (approx. 0.4 miles away); William "Extra Billy" Smith (approx. half a mile away); “Gallant” Pelham’s Last Days (approx. half a mile away); The Gallant Pelham (approx. half a mile away); Pennsylvania (approx. half a mile away); George Washington (approx. half a mile away); 28th Regiment New York State Volunteer Infantry (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Culpeper.

Other markers no longer nearby. Culpeper Court House (was approx. 0.4 miles

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4. In Memoriam Marker

away but has been confirmed missing); a different marker also named Culpeper Court House (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Credits. This page was last revised on April 11, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 11, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 273 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 11, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.