Near Stafford in Stafford County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 2, 2024

1. Veterans Memorial [Front inscription]

Inscription. Dedicated in memory of our countrymen who gave their lives and service for God and Country

Erected 1976 by American Legion Post No. 290.

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

Location. 38° 23.825′ N, 77° 26.065′ W. Memorial is near Stafford, Virginia, in Stafford County. It is on American Legion Road (County Road 628) just west of Ellison Court, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1204 American Legion Road, Stafford VA 22554, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Washington Metropolitan Area,

in Northern Virginia,

and in the Piedmont.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

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

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the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: From Indian Path to Highway (approx. 0.8 miles away); Stafford Training School (approx. 0.9 miles away); 11th Corps Road (approx. 1.4 miles away); German-Americans and the Eleventh Corps (approx. 1.4 miles away); Union Army Double-Track Corduroy Road (approx. 1½ miles away); Union Battery (approx. 1½ miles away); a different marker also named Union Battery (approx. 1½ miles away); Trooper Jessica Jean Cheney (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Stafford.

Veterans Memorial [Reverse inscription] image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 2, 2024

2. Veterans Memorial [Reverse inscription]

The reverse side includes an erection date of Oct. 25, 1976.

Veterans Memorial on the grounds of the American Legion Post 290 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 2, 2024

3. Veterans Memorial on the grounds of the American Legion Post 290

Credits. This page was last revised on March 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 2, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 224 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 2, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.