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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Chesapeake

 
Clickable Map of Chesapeake, 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 Chesapeake Ind. City, VA (74) Norfolk Ind. City, VA (286) Portsmouth Ind. City, VA (192) Suffolk Ind. City, VA (69) Virginia Beach Ind. City, VA (241) Camden County, NC (19) Currituck County, NC (53)  Chesapeake(74) Chesapeake (74)  Norfolk(286) Norfolk (286)  Portsmouth(192) Portsmouth (192)  Suffolk(69) Suffolk (69)  VirginiaBeach(241) Virginia Beach (241)  CamdenCountyNorth Carolina(19) Camden County (19)  CurrituckCounty(53) Currituck County (53)
Chesapeake and Vicinity
Chesapeake (74)  ►
ADJACENT TO CHESAPEAKE
Norfolk (286)  ►
Portsmouth (192)  ►
Suffolk (69)  ►
Virginia Beach (241)  ►
Camden County, North Carolina (19)  ►
Currituck County, North Carolina (53)  ►
 
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1 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Olde Towne — 4 Pounder Cannon —
2 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — At Dawn On December 9, 1775 —
3 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Great Bridge — Battle of Great Bridge —
4 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Butts Station — KY-5 — Battle of Great Bridge — Reported permanently removed
5 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Butts Station — KY-5 — Battle of Great Bridge —
6 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — The Battle of Great Bridge — Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Park and Visitor Center —
7 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Battle of Great Bridge DAR Monument — December 9, 1775 —
8 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Great Bridge — Battle of Great Bridge Monument —
9 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Billy Flora —
10 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Bridging the Past with the Present — Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Park and Visitor Center —
11 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, South Norfolk — Carl Moore Jordan — The Man with the Vision — South Norfolk Jordan Bridge —
12 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Causeway Construction —
13 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Causeways —
14 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Great Bridge — Chesapeake Veterans Memorial —
15 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Civil War Anchor — The Waterways —
16 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — Cody S. Childers —
17 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, South Norfolk — Construction and Opening — South Norfolk Jordan Bridge —
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18 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove East — The Cuffeytown Thirteen — Patriot Heroes —
19 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Western Branch South — K-264 — Dale Point —
20 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — The Day is Our Own! —
21 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier East — The Day that Shook America — Remembering September 11, 2001 —
22 ► Virginia, Chesapeake — Dismal Swamp Canal — Strategic Waterway —
23 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — Dismal Swamp Canal — The Battle of South Mills —
24 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — Dismal Swamp Canal Trail — Interpretive Signage and Points of Interest on Dismal Swamp Canal Trail —
25 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Father & Son Canal Builders — The Waterways —
26 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — First Fire —
27 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Fort Murray —
28 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — From Towpath...to Highway...to "Toe" path — The Evolution of the George Washington Highway — Dismal Swamp Canal Trail —
29 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — Glencoe — "He was brave, gentle and polished" — Reported permanently removed
30 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Great Bridge Marshall Memorial —
31 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Great Bridge East — Great Bridge Schoolhouse Monument —
32 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge — Dismal Swamp Canal Trail —
33 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — WP-11 — Herring (Heron) Ditch —
34 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Great Bridge — History of Norfolk County —
35 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — The Iron Titans Tame the Marsh — The Waterways —
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36 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, South Norfolk — Jordan Bridge — South Norfolk —
37 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Deep Creek North — WP-13 — Justin Holland —
38 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Liberty to Slaves —
39 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Liquid Highways — The Waterways —
40 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Great Bridge — Marine Veterans Memorial —
41 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — The Marshall Family —
42 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Great Bridge — Never Forget — 9.11.01 —
43 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier East — Never Forget — Remembering September 11, 2001 —
44 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Great Bridge — KY-6 — Norfolk County Almshouse —
45 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — WP-12 — North West Canal —
46 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Oak Grove Methodist Church —
47 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — Outliers — Dismal Swamp Canal Trail —
48 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Deep Creek North — WP-14 — Owens-Melvin House —
49 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier East — Picking Up the Pieces — Remembering September 11, 2001 —
50 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Planning a Canal —
51 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery — Home of the Jackson Greys —
52 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove East — WP-10 — St. Bride's Church —
53 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — Seven Patriot Heroes — Homes and Last Resting Places —
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54 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Western Branch South — Site of the Nansemond Indian Public School #9 —
55 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Site of the Original Causeway —
56 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, South Norfolk — The South Norfolk Historic District —
57 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Great Bridge — Southern Branch Chapel / Battle of Great Bridge / Wilson Family —
58 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Great Bridge — SSG Jonathan Kilian Dozier, USA —
59 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — Stone Mileposts along the Dismal Swamp Canal — Dismal Swamp Canal Trail —
60 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Western Branch South — K-276 — Sunray —
61 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant Grove West — The Superintendent's House… from Tolls to Tea — Dismal Swamp Canal Trail —
62 ► Virginia, Chesapeake — Timeline of Bridge History — South Norfolk Jordan Bridge —
63 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Under Two Flags — The Waterways —
64 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Great Bridge — Unknown and Known Afro-Union Civil War Soldiers Memorial — Patriot Heroes Honored —
65 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, South Norfolk — Veterans Memorial —
66 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Deep Creek North — Village of Deep Creek — "The den of the Rebels" —
67 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Deep Creek North — Village of Deep Creek — The Dismal Swamp Rangers — Reported permanently removed
68 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Village of Great Bridge — A Vital Link — Reported permanently removed
69 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Village of Great Bridge — A Vital Link —
70 ► Virginia, Chesapeake — Wallaceton — The Canal and Three Houses —
71 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Welcome — To the Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Park and Visitor Center —
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72 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — What is a Lock? — The Waterways —
73 ► Virginia, Chesapeake, Greenbrier West — Why Build a Canal Here? — The Waterways —
74 ► Virginia, Chesapeake — Wreck and Repair — South Norfolk Jordan Bridge —
 
 
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Nov. 10, 2026