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Pearl Harbor Memorial

 
 
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Photographed by Kevin W., April 29, 2016
1. Pearl Harbor Memorial Marker
Inscription. The same inscription is engraved on both sides of the marker:
In memory of those 2403 heroes who made the supreme sacrifice and to the survivors of Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii
A day that will live in infamy

"Remember Pearl Harbor"
"Keep America Alert"

There are 192 names identified on the marker
 
Erected 1990 by Tidewater Chapter, Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, Inc.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 36° 54.672′ N, 76° 9.188′ W. Memorial is in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It is in Fort Story. It is on Nider Boulevard 0.1 miles Amphibious Drive, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Virginia Beach VA 23460, 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bataan Corregidor Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Col. John Thorowgood Jr. (approx. 1½ miles away); Colonizing “Carolana” (approx. 1.8 miles away); U.S.N. Armed Guard of World War II Memorial (approx. 1.8 miles away); Adam Thorowgood (approx. 1.9 miles away); City Beach (approx. 2.2 miles away);
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Protecting Our Waterways and Wildlife (approx. 2½ miles away); Church Point (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Virginia Beach.
 
Pearl Harbor Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., April 29, 2016
2. Pearl Harbor Memorial Marker
Pearl Harbor Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., April 29, 2016
3. Pearl Harbor Memorial Marker
Pearl Harbor Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., April 29, 2016
4. Pearl Harbor Memorial Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 5, 2016, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 548 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 5, 2016, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.
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