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, and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. 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: 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); Home of Signer (approx. 0.7 miles away); Mt. Nebo Baptist Church (approx. Ύ mile away); Indians Poisoned At Peace Meeting (approx. Ύ mile away); Indian Treaty of 1646
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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 217 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 27, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
