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Historical Markers and War Memorials
in Hampton Roads Region

 
By Evan Dwyer, August 7, 2025
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1 ► Virginia, Chesapeake — Dismal Swamp Canal — Strategic Waterway —
2 ► Virginia, Chesapeake — Timeline of Bridge History — South Norfolk Jordan Bridge —
3 ► Virginia, Chesapeake — Wallaceton — The Canal and Three Houses —
4 ► Virginia, Chesapeake — Wreck and Repair — South Norfolk Jordan Bridge —
5 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Butts Station — KY-5 — Battle of Great Bridge — Reported permanently removed
6 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Butts Station — KY-5 — Battle of Great Bridge —
7 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Deep Creek North — WP-13 — Justin Holland —
8 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Deep Creek North — WP-14 — Owens-Melvin House —
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9 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Deep Creek North — Village of Deep Creek — The Dismal Swamp Rangers — Reported permanently removed
10 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Deep Creek North — Village of Deep Creek — "The den of the Rebels" —
11 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Great Bridge — Battle of Great Bridge —
12 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Great Bridge — Battle of Great Bridge Monument —
13 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Great Bridge — Chesapeake Veterans Memorial —
14 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Great Bridge — History of Norfolk County —
15 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Great Bridge — Marine Veterans Memorial —
16 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Great Bridge — Never Forget — 9.11.01 —
17 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Great Bridge — KY-6 — Norfolk County Almshouse —
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18 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Great Bridge — Southern Branch Chapel / Battle of Great Bridge / Wilson Family —
19 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Great Bridge — SSG Jonathan Kilian Dozier, USA —
20 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Great Bridge — Unknown and Known Afro-Union Civil War Soldiers Memorial — Patriot Heroes Honored —
21 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Great Bridge East — Great Bridge Schoolhouse Monument —
22 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier East — Never Forget — Remembering September 11, 2001 —
23 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier East — Picking Up the Pieces — Remembering September 11, 2001 —
24 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier East — The Day that Shook America — Remembering September 11, 2001 —
25 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — At Dawn On December 9, 1775 —
26 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Battle of Great Bridge DAR Monument — December 9, 1775 —
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27 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Billy Flora —
28 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Bridging the Past with the Present — Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Park and Visitor Center —
29 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Causeway Construction —
30 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Causeways —
31 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Civil War Anchor — The Waterways —
32 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Father & Son Canal Builders — The Waterways —
33 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — First Fire —
34 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Fort Murray —
35 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Great Bridge Marshall Memorial —
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36 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Liberty to Slaves —
37 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Liquid Highways — The Waterways —
38 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Oak Grove Methodist Church —
39 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Planning a Canal —
40 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Site of the Original Causeway —
41 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — The Battle of Great Bridge — Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Park and Visitor Center —
42 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — The Day is Our Own! —
43 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — The Iron Titans Tame the Marsh — The Waterways —
44 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — The Marshall Family —
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45 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Under Two Flags — The Waterways —
46 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Village of Great Bridge — A Vital Link — Reported permanently removed
47 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Village of Great Bridge — A Vital Link —
48 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Welcome — To the Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Park and Visitor Center —
49 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — What is a Lock? — The Waterways —
50 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Why Build a Canal Here? — The Waterways —
51 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Olde Towne — 4 Pounder Cannon —
52 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove East — WP-10 — St. Bride's Church —
53 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove East — The Cuffeytown Thirteen — Patriot Heroes —
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54 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — Cody S. Childers —
55 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — Dismal Swamp Canal — The Battle of South Mills —
56 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — Dismal Swamp Canal Trail — Interpretive Signage and Points of Interest on Dismal Swamp Canal Trail —
57 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — From Towpath...to Highway...to "Toe" path — The Evolution of the George Washington Highway — Dismal Swamp Canal Trail —
58 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — Glencoe — "He was brave, gentle and polished" — Reported permanently removed
59 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge — Dismal Swamp Canal Trail —
60 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — WP-11 — Herring (Heron) Ditch —
61 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — WP-12 — North West Canal —
62 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — Outliers — Dismal Swamp Canal Trail —
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63 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery — Home of the Jackson Greys —
64 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — Seven Patriot Heroes — Homes and Last Resting Places —
65 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — Stone Mileposts along the Dismal Swamp Canal — Dismal Swamp Canal Trail —
66 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — The Superintendent's House… from Tolls to Tea — Dismal Swamp Canal Trail —
67 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, South Norfolk — Carl Moore Jordan — The Man with the Vision — South Norfolk Jordan Bridge —
68 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, South Norfolk — Construction and Opening — South Norfolk Jordan Bridge —
69 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, South Norfolk — Jordan Bridge — South Norfolk —
70 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, South Norfolk — The South Norfolk Historic District —
71 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, South Norfolk — Veterans Memorial —
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72 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Western Branch South — K-264 — Dale Point —
73 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Western Branch South — Site of the Nansemond Indian Public School #9 —
74 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Western Branch South — K-276 — Sunray —
75 ► Virginia, Hampton — 1813 Landing of British Forces — Capture of Hampton —
76 ► Virginia, Hampton — 002/001 — A-7E Corsair II / T-33A T-Bird — Air Power Park —
77 ► Virginia, Hampton — WY-87 — Back River Lighthouse Ruins —
78 ► Virginia, Hampton — W-85 — Birthplace of George Wythe —
79 ► Virginia, Hampton — Blackbeard — The Most Feared Pirate of His Time —
80 ► Virginia, Hampton — Cemetery — Final resting place for many who passed through Hampton's doorways — Explore Hampton 2010 - From the Sea to the Stars —
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81 ► Virginia, Hampton — Chesterville — Birthplace and Plantation of George Wythe —
82 ► Virginia, Hampton — Civil Rights — “Lawyers made it possible. Educators will have to make it successful.” —
83 ► Virginia, Hampton — Electric Avenue — “Carline Communities” —
84 ► Virginia, Hampton — Emancipation Oak — Formerly Enslaved Eager for Education —
85 ► Virginia, Hampton — 008/007 — F-100D Super Saber • Mercury/Little Joe Booster — Air Power Park —
86 ► Virginia, Hampton — 04/03 — F-86L Sabre/Mercury Test Capsule — Air Power Park —
87 ► Virginia, Hampton — 013/014 — F-89 / J Scorpion / F-101F Voodoo — Air Power Park —
88 ► Virginia, Hampton — Fort Monroe —
89 ► Virginia, Hampton — Hampton Is Burned — "Suddenly the flaming torches were seen" —
90 ► Virginia, Hampton — Herbert House — Ivy Home —
91 ► Virginia, Hampton — Langley Speedway — From Thoroughbred Horses to Late Model Cars —
92 ► Virginia, Hampton — Mary Peake — "I shall not die, but live." —
93 ► Virginia, Hampton — 006/005 — MIM-3 Nike-Ajax/XV-6A Kestrel — Air Power Park —
94 ► Virginia, Hampton — Officer Kenneth Earl Wallace — Serving the Olde Wythe Community —
95 ► Virginia, Hampton — Pleasant Shade Cemetery — Honoring those who have gone before us —
96 ► Virginia, Hampton — Rochambeau — The French in Hampton, 1781-82 — Explore Hampton 2010 - From the Sea to the Stars —
97 ► Virginia, Hampton — Stockade and Guardhouse —
98 ► Virginia, Hampton — USS Monitor —
99 ► Virginia, Hampton, Bethel Manor — Big Bethel Church and Cemetery —
100 ► Virginia, Hampton, Bethel Manor — Big Bethel UDC Monument — Bethel 1861 —

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