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Chesapeake in Kanawha County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)
 

Chesapeake Veterans Monument

 
 
Chesapeake Veterans Monument Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dave W, July 13, 2024
1. Chesapeake Veterans Monument Marker
Inscription.

This Monument is a tribute to the brave men and women who honorably and faithfully served our country. Welcome home
 
Erected by Veterans of Foreign Wars DAV-LEW-Welch Post 8363.
 
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 38° 13.44′ N, 81° 32.21′ W. Monument is in Chesapeake, West Virginia, in Kanawha County. It is on MacCorkle Avenue Southeast. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 12404 MacCorkle Ave SE, Charleston WV 25315, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Greater Charleston Area. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Belle Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles
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away); Methodist Episcopal Church South Bell (approx. one mile away); Samuel Shrewsbury House (approx. one mile away); Belle Works (approx. 1.7 miles away); World War II Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); Marmet Veteran's Tribute (approx. 1.9 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); Captain Larry F. Lucas (approx. 1.9 miles away).
 
Chesapeake Veterans Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dave W, July 13, 2024
2. Chesapeake Veterans Monument
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 27, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 16, 2024, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. This page has been viewed 108 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 16, 2024, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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