Westend in Lynchburg, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Memorial Avenue

1917 - 1936

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 14, 2021

1. Memorial Avenue Marker

Inscription. Trees planted 1920
In honor of World War dead
of Lynchburg, Virginia
Lonnie Joseph Bacon • Howard Thornton Barger • Charles Minor Blackford • William Harrison Brooks • Joseph Benjamin Brown • J. Beverly Burks • Robert Lewis Butler • Herbert Butts • Allen Lile Campbell • W. Orfutt Cobbs • Jacob Lorenzo Crist • Gabriel B.J. DuVal • Robert Henry Franklin • Thomas Eugene Falwell • Samuel Falwell • Lewis C. Fernald • Saunders Flemming • Fred George Gephart • George Preston Glenn • W.W. Hillsman • Pannell Rucker Jones • Robert Lee Kessler • William G. Ketterer • John Kirkpatrick • Robert L. Mawyer • Robert A. Mays • Marvin A. Moon • John Joseph Murphy • William O. Newbauer • Reuben L. Paskiel • Richard W. Pendleton • Robert L. Perrow • George G. Printup, Jr. • Ambrose B. Shenk • Robert Bruce Staples • Carrington Stevens • Charles E. Stone • W. Austin Thompson • Norman J. Traylor • Harry S. Walker • Clarence Widdifield • Abner Odell Witt

Erected 1936 by Lynchburg Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.

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This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) series list.

Location. 37° 24.241′ N, 79° 10.03′ W. Memorial is in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is in Westend. It is at the intersection of Memorial Avenue (Virginia Route 163) and 2315 Memorial Ave, on the right when traveling south on Memorial Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2220 Memorial Ave, Lynchburg VA 24501, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Virginia.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

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: Mustered and Disbanded 1861-1865 (about 800 feet away,

Memorial Avenue Marker (original location) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 14, 2021

2. Memorial Avenue Marker (original location)

measured in a direct line); Second Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A. (approx. 0.2 miles away); Civil War in Lynchburg (approx. 0.2 miles away); Edward Christian Glass (1852-1931) (approx. ¼ mile away); Lucille Chaffin Kent (approx. ¼ mile away); Dr. Robert Withers Morgan (approx. 0.4 miles away); Georgia Weston Morgan (approx. half a mile away); Horse Drawn Road Grader (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lynchburg.

More about this memorial. The marker is now in front of the Lynchburg Public Library, approximately 400 yards south of its original location in front of EC Glass High School (GPS 37.40661,-79.16578)

Photographed by Shane Oliver, October 23, 2022

3. Memorial Avenue Marker (original location)

Credits. This page was last revised on October 26, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 16, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 923 times since then and 34 times this year. Last updated on July 26, 2023, by Patrick Hubble of Lynchburg, Virginia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 16, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3. submitted on October 31, 2022, by Shane Oliver of Richmond, Virginia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.

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