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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Newport News, Virginia

 
Clickable Map of Newport News, Virginia and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Newport News Ind. City, VA (275) Hampton Ind. City, VA (230) Isle of Wight County, VA (73) James City County, VA (259) Portsmouth Ind. City, VA (112) Suffolk Ind. City, VA (61) Surry County, VA (36) York County, VA (168)  NewportNews(275) Newport News (275)  Hampton(230) Hampton (230)  IsleofWightCounty(73) Isle of Wight County (73)  JamesCityCounty(259) James City County (259)  Portsmouth(112) Portsmouth (112)  Suffolk(61) Suffolk (61)  SurryCounty(36) Surry County (36)  YorkCounty(168) York County (168)
Adjacent to Newport News, Virginia
      Hampton (230)  
      Isle of Wight County (73)  
      James City County (259)  
      Portsmouth (112)  
      Suffolk (61)  
      Surry County (36)  
      York County (168)  
 
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201 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Crusader for Legal Justice — W. Hale Thompson — 1914 - 1966 —
On 25th Street (U.S. 60) just east of Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
202 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Curtiss Flying School
On Jefferson Avenue, 0.3 miles south of 6th Street, on the left when traveling south.
203 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Dorothy
Near Washington Avenue at 35th Street, on the left when traveling west.
204 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Dorothy – Hull Number One
On Washington Avenue at 41st Street, on the right when traveling west on Washington Avenue.
205 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Dorothy & Newport News Shipbuilding
Near Washington Avenue at 41st Street, on the right when traveling west.
206 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — W 70-a — Ella Fitzgerald — (1917-1996)
On 26th Street.
207 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Ella Jane Fitzgerald — The First Lady of Song — 1917 - 1996 —
On Wickham Avenue at 24th Street, on the right when traveling north on Wickham Avenue.
208 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Ferguson Park
Near Biggins Circle, 0.1 miles west of Hornet Circle.
209 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Ferguson Park
On Hornet Circle, 0.1 miles south of Warwick Boulevard (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling south.
210 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Four Heroic Chaplains
Near Kawana Circle, 0.1 miles west of Biggins Circle, on the right when traveling west.
211 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — W-102 — George W. Carver High School
On Jefferson Avenue, 0.1 miles west of Wilcox Lane (U.S. 17), on the right when traveling east.
212 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Gregory Cherry — 1955-2007
On 27th Street (Virginia Route 143).
213 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Hampton Roads — World’s Largest Natural Harbor
On 16th Street (Virginia Route 167), on the left when traveling west.
214 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Heading Out — Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
Near Riverpark Road north of Mercury Boulevard (U.S. 258), on the left when traveling north.
215 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Headquarters, Hampton Roads — Port of Embarkation, U. S. Army
On West Avenue at 25th Street, on the left when traveling west on West Avenue.
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216 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — James A. Fields House — Up from Slavery
On 27th Street (Virginia Route 143 E) at Jefferson Avenue, on the left when traveling east on 27th Street.
217 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — W-77 — James A. Fields House
On 27th Street (Virginia Route 143 E) at Jefferson Avenue, on the left when traveling east on 27th Street.
218 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — W-78 — Jessie Menifield Rattley
On Jefferson Avenue (Virginia Route 143) at 29th Street, on the right when traveling south on Jefferson Avenue.
219 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Jessie Menifield Rattley Municipal Center — Newport News, Virginia — Educator, Politician and Civil Rights Pioneer —
On 25th Street at Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling north on 25th Street.
220 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — King Comes to Newport News — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
On Martin L. King Jr. Way at Jefferson Avenue on Martin L. King Jr. Way.
221 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Lake Biggins
Near Riverpark Road at Biggins Circle, on the left when traveling north.
222 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — M53 Self Propelled Gun — Virginia War Museum —
Near Kanawha Circle at Hornet Circle, on the left when traveling south.
223 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Memorial Design & Concept — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza
On Martin L. King Jr. Way at Jefferson Avenue on Martin L. King Jr. Way.
224 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Monitor – Merrimack — The Battle of the Ironclads — 1862 Peninsula Campaign —
On 16th Street (Virginia Route 167), on the left when traveling west.
225 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Monitor – Merrimack Battle
On 16th Street (Virginia Route 167), on the left when traveling west.
226 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Newport News — 1607 - 1957
On West Avenue at 27th Street, on the left when traveling north on West Avenue.
227 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — W-76 — Newport News
On 25th Street near Washington Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
228 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Newport News Pays Tribute — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
On Martin L. King Jr. Way at Jefferson Avenue on Martin L. King Jr. Way.
229 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Newport News Point — … Named in His Honor
Near West Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
230 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Newport News Victory Arch
On West Avenue at 25th Street on West Avenue.
231 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Newsome House
On Oak Avenue just east of 28th Street.
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232 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Norvleate Downing-Gross — A Fighter in the War Against Poverty
On 24th Street just east of Wickham Havenue, on the right when traveling west.
233 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — W-172 — Pearl Bailey — (1918 - 1990)
On 29th Street at Chestnut Avenue on 29th Street.
234 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Pearl Harbor Survivors
On Kawana Circle, 0.1 miles west of Biggins Circle, on the left when traveling west.
235 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Pearl Mae Bailey — Singer - Actress - Scholar
On Wickham Avenue.
236 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Phillis Wheatley — Slave Poet of Colonial America
On Orcutt Avenue.
237 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Precursor to the Atomic Age — The T1 240mm Gun — Virginia War Museum —
Near Warwick Boulevard (U.S. 60) north of Hornet Circle, on the right when traveling south.
238 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Sons of the Flag — We Welcome You — World War I Centennial Commemoration —
Near West Avenue at 25th Street, on the right when traveling south.
239 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — SS United States
Near Washington Avenue at 35th Street, on the left when traveling west.
240 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — W-171 — The Apprentice School
On Washington Avenue just south of 32nd Street, on the right when traveling south.
241 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — The Brown Center — 1249 28th Street ~ c. 1937
On 28th Street (Virginia Route 143) just west of Oak Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
242 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — The Clark Oak
On Chestnut Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
243 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — The Harwood House — 5400 Huntington — On the Avenue - Historic North End Huntington Heights —
On Huntington Avenue (U.S. 60) at 54th Street, on the left when traveling south on Huntington Avenue.
244 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — The Newsome House — 2803 Oak Street ~ 1899
On 28th Street at Oak Avenue, on the right when traveling north on 28th Street.
245 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — The Victory Arch
On West Avenue at 25th Street, on the right when traveling east on West Avenue.
246 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — The Victory Arch — To Greet Them As They Pass On Their Glorious Return — World War I Centennial Commemoration —
Near West Avenue at 25th Street, on the right when traveling south.
247 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — The Winfield-Jones House — 1255 28th Street ~ c. 1919
On 28th Street (Virginia Route 143) just west of Oak Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
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248 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — U.S.S. Scorpion SSN 589
Near Kawana Circle, 0.1 miles west of Biggins Circle, on the right when traveling west.
249 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — USS Atlantic
Near Washington Avenue at 35th Street, on the left when traveling west.
250 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — USS Newport News
Near Washington Avenue at 35th Street, on the left when traveling west.
251 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — USS Nimitz
Near Washington Avenue at 35th Street, on the left when traveling west.
252 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — USS Virginia
Near Washington Avenue at 35th Street, on the left when traveling west.
253 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Victory Avenue — An Enduring Reminder of the Great War — World War I Centennial Commemoration —
Near West Avenue at 25th Street, on the right when traveling south.
254 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Vietnam War Monument
On Kawana Circle, 0.1 miles west of Biggins Circle, on the right when traveling west.
255 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Virginia War Museum
Near Kawana Circle west of Warwick Boulevard (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling south.
256 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Warwick Hotel 1883-1961
On West Avenue at 24th Street, on the right when traveling west on West Avenue.
257 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Welcome Home — Scenes Such As Will Never Be Replaced — World War I Centennial Commemoration —
Near West Avenue at 25th Street, on the right when traveling south.
258 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — West Avenue Library
On West Avenue at 30th Street, on the right when traveling east on West Avenue.
259 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — WW II U.S. Submarine Memorial
Near Kawana Circle, 0.1 miles west of Biggins Circle, on the right when traveling west.
260 Virginia, Newport News, Tabb — Z-265 — York County / Warwick County
On George Washington Memorial Highway (U.S. 17) south of Commerce Circle, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
261 Virginia, Newport News, Warwick — Admiralty Pattern Anchor — ca. 1850 — Gift of Southland Iron & Metal Company —
Near Museum Drive, 0.3 miles south of Lakeside Drive, on the right when traveling north.
262 Virginia, Newport News, Warwick — Capture of the 'Patriot'
On Museum Drive at Museum parkway, on the left when traveling west on Museum Drive.
263 Virginia, Newport News, Warwick — Estelle and George Abernathy — The Abernathy Gardens
Near Warwick Boulevard (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling north.
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264 Virginia, Newport News, Warwick — Lt. Col. Charles D. Dreux — "In the highest glee”
Near Warwick Boulevard (U.S. 60) at Cedar Lane, on the right when traveling east.
265 Virginia, Newport News, Warwick — Morrison
On Harpersville Road at Gatewood Road, on the left when traveling east on Harpersville Road.
266 Virginia, Newport News, Warwick — Skirmish at Cedar Lane — “A brilliant little affair”
On Museum Drive, 0.3 miles east of East Boundary Road, on the right when traveling north.
267 Virginia, Newport News, Warwick — Skirmish at Waters Creek
On Museum Drive, 0.3 miles west of Boundary Road, in the median.
268 Virginia, Newport News, Warwick — Spanish Bronze Gun
On Museum Drive, 0.2 miles south of Lakeside Drive, on the right when traveling north.
269 Virginia, Newport News, Warwick — Spanish Bronze Gun
On Museum Drive, 0.2 miles south of Lakeside Drive, on the right when traveling north.
270 Virginia, Newport News, Warwick — USS Monitor: America's First Ironclad — USS Monitor Trail — Monitor National Marine Sanctuary —
Near Museum Drive, 0.3 miles south of Lakeside Drive, on the right when traveling north.
271 Virginia, Newport News, Warwick — Waters Creek — Dammed in 1930
Near Warwick Boulevard (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling north.
272 Virginia, Newport News, Wythe — Confederate Dead
On Parish Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
273 Virginia, Newport News, Wythe — Greenlawn Cemetery
On Parish Avenue just north of 28th Street (Virginia Route 143), on the left when traveling north.
274 Virginia, Newport News, Wythe — Newport News POW Camp — Where Valor Proudly Sleeps
On Parish Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
275 Virginia, Newport News, Wythe — Veterans Memorial
On Parish Avenue, 0.1 miles north of 28th Street (Virginia Route 143), on the left when traveling north.

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May. 27, 2024