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Fishburn Park in Roanoke, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Fishburne Park Flagpole

 
 
Fishburne Park Flagpole Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., November 23, 2007
1. Fishburne Park Flagpole Marker
Inscription.
Dedicated to all the Veterans of the Valley
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 37° 14.838′ N, 79° 58.895′ W. Memorial is in Roanoke, Virginia. It is in Fishburn Park. It is on Brambleton Avenue SW (U.S. 221) near Montgomery Avenue SW, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Roanoke VA 24018, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Mountain Region and in Southwest Virginia. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Virginia Western Community College Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Virginia Western Community College (approx. half a mile away); McNeil Drive (approx. half a mile away); The Coffee Pot (approx. 0.6 miles away); Fire Station No. 7 (approx. 1.4 miles away); Roanoke Memorial Bridge (approx. 1.6 miles away); The Norwich Neighborhood (approx. 1.8 miles away); A Colonial Ford (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Roanoke.
 
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Fishburne Park Flagpole and Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., November 23, 2007
2. Fishburne Park Flagpole and Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 1, 2026. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2007, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,208 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 5, 2007, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.
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