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Great Bridge in Chesapeake, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Marine Veterans Memorial

 
 
Marine Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, January 18, 2022
1. Marine Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Dedicated to those Marines of
Chesapeake and Norfolk County
who made the ultimate sacrifice
for God, Country, and Corps.

 
Erected by Marine Corps League Chesapeake Detachment.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 36° 43.248′ N, 76° 14.489′ W. Memorial is in Chesapeake, Virginia. It is in Great Bridge. It is at the intersection of Reservation Road and Wilson Drive, on the left when traveling east on Reservation Road. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 116 Reservation Road, Chesapeake VA 23332, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Virginia’s Hampton Roads, specifically 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: Battle of Great Bridge Monument (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Under Two Flags (about 400 feet away); Civil War Anchor (about 400 feet away); Father & Son Canal Builders (about 400 feet away); Great Bridge Marshall Memorial (about 600 feet away); The Marshall Family (about 600 feet away); The Day is Our Own! (about 600 feet away); Billy Flora (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chesapeake.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Battle of Great Bridge (was about 600 feet away but has been replaced
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Also see . . .  Marine Corps League Chesapeake, Virginia. Website homepage (Submitted on February 7, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.) 
 
Marine Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, January 18, 2022
2. Marine Veterans Memorial
Marine Corps League Chesapeake Detachment sign image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, January 18, 2022
3. Marine Corps League Chesapeake Detachment sign
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 7, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 287 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on February 7, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 8, 2026