A Salute To Veterans
A memorial should "pay tribute to the past, be relevant to the present and be an inspiration to the future."
KIA - Killed In Action
MIA - Missing In Action
POW - Prisoner Of War
Post 8356, organized September 18, 1946
Land donated by the Robert Getman family
Erected 2000 by VFW Post 8356 and Ladies Auxiliary.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 37° 32.768′ N, 76° 48.24′ W. Memorial is in West Point, Virginia, in King William County. It is on King William Avenue (Virginia Route 30) 0.1 miles south of Dupont Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2530 King William Ave, West Point VA 23181, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is on Virginia’s Middle Peninsula. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Tidewater, in the Chesapeake Bay Region, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Civil War Breastwork (approx. half a mile away); Lt. Gen. Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller (approx. 0.7 miles away); Mt. Nebo Baptist Church (approx. ¾ mile away); Indians Poisoned At Peace Meeting (approx. ¾ mile away); Indian Treaty of 1646 (approx. ¾ mile away); King William County / King and Queen County (approx. ¾ mile away); The Grove Hotel (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in West Point.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Home of Signer (was approx. 0.7 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Credits. This page was last revised on June 27, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 27, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 220 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 27, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
