Fairfax, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

City of Fairfax Veterans Amphitheater

City of Fairfax<br>Veterans Amphitheater Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, January 7, 2018

1. City of Fairfax
Veterans Amphitheater Marker

Inscription.
Dedicated to all Service Members who served in all wars, and especially to those who gave their lives in order that our great nation will always remain
“The land of the free
and the home of the brave.”

Dedicated
20 June 1991

City of Fairfax VA
American Legion Post 177
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8469

Erected 1991 by American Legion Post 177 & VFW Post 8469.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 38° 50.488′ N, 77° 18.521′ W. Memorial is in Fairfax, Virginia. It can be reached from Armstrong Street east of Chain Bridge Road (Virginia Route 123), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 10455 Armstrong Street, Fairfax VA 22030, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, 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.

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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: The Battle of the Bulge (a few steps from this marker); Mosby’s Midnight Raid (within shouting distance of this marker); The Legato School (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Fairfax Court House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Fairfax Rosenwald School (approx. 0.3 miles away); Joshua Gunnell House (approx. 0.3 miles away); World War I Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fairfax.

Another marker is no longer nearby. First Confederate Officer Killed (was approx. ¼ mile away but has been permanently removed).

City of Fairfax Veterans Amphitheater Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, January 7, 2018

2. City of Fairfax Veterans Amphitheater Marker

American Legion<br>US image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, January 7, 2018

3. American Legion
US

Veterans of Foreign Wars<br>of the United States image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, January 7, 2018

4. Veterans of Foreign Wars
of the United States

City of Fairfax Veterans Amphitheater image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, January 7, 2018

5. City of Fairfax Veterans Amphitheater

Credits. This page was last revised on February 18, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 3, 2021, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 560 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 3, 2021, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.