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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Norfolk

 
Clickable Map of Norfolk, 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 Norfolk Ind. City, VA (286) Chesapeake Ind. City, VA (74) Hampton Ind. City, VA (271) Northampton County, VA (95) Portsmouth Ind. City, VA (192) Virginia Beach Ind. City, VA (241)  Norfolk(286) Norfolk (286)  Chesapeake(74) Chesapeake (74)  Hampton(271) Hampton (271)  NorthamptonCounty(95) Northampton County (95)  Portsmouth(192) Portsmouth (192)  VirginiaBeach(241) Virginia Beach (241)
Norfolk and Vicinity
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1 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Newtown — The 48-Star Flag 1912-1959 —
2 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Newtown — The 49-Star Flag 1959-1960 —
3 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Newtown — The 50-Star Flag 1960 —
4 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Naval Station Norfolk — 1907 Jamestown Exhibition —
5 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia Zoo — African Village Garden — Okavango Delta —
6 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Norfolk Botanical Gardens — Air Traffic Control —
7 ► Virginia, Norfolk, North Meadow Brook — KV-9 — Airship Roma Disaster —
8 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Downtown — KV-37 — AKA Iota Omega —
9 ► Virginia, Norfolk — Allen G. Richter — (1927-2017) — Tidewater Baseball Shrine —
10 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Harbor Park — Allen J. (Two-Gun) Gettel — (1917-2006) — Tidewater Baseball Shrine —
11 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Bruce's Park — American Cigar Factory —
12 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Harbor Park — Anthony (Tony) Lazzeri — (1904 - 1946 ) — Tidewater Baseball Shrine —
13 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Naval Museums — The “Apprentice” —
14 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Town Point Park — Armed Forces Memorial —
15 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Town Point Park — Armed Forces Memorial — City of Norfolk —
16 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Harbor Park — Arthur B. (Bud) Metheny — (1915-2003) — Tidewater Baseball Shrine —
17 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Fort Norfolk — Atlantic City —
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18 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Town Point Park — Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway — City of Norfolk —
19 ► Virginia, Norfolk — Attucks Theater Monument —
20 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Huntersville — Attucks Theatre —
21 ► Virginia, Norfolk — Attucks Theatre —
22 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Downtown — KN-3 — Bank Street Baptist Church —
23 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Wards Corner — The Barnett Corner —
24 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Willoughby Spit — Battle, Monitor and Merrimack —
25 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Naval Museums — Battleship Wisconsin: A Floating Fortress —
26 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Naval Museums — Battleship Wisconsin: BB-9 and BB-64 — in the Homeport of Naval History —
27 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Naval Museums — Battleship Wisconsin: Berthed in Norfolk, — the Homeport of Naval History —
28 ► Virginia, Norfolk, West Freemason — Battleship Wisconsin: Quad 40 Mount —
29 ► Virginia, Norfolk, West Freemason — Battleship Wisconsin: Wis + Ky = “Wisky” — Norfolk Heritage Cannonball Trail —
30 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Naval Station Norfolk — Bell HH-1K (UH-1) Huey —
31 ► Virginia, Norfolk, West Freemason — Benjamin F. Stewart — Private, U.S. Army — Norfolk Trail of Honor —
32 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Newtown — Betsy Ross Flag, 1777-1795 —
33 ► Virginia, Norfolk — Billy Swoope — Tidewater Baseball Shrine — 2018 Inductee —
34 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Colonnas Shipyard — Birthplace of Mary Pinckney Hardy — The Mother of General Douglas MacArthur —
35 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Fleet — KV-3 — Birthplace of Naval Aviation —
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36 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Willoughby Spit — Birthplace of Naval Aviation —
37 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Ghent — Blair Junior High School —
38 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Naval Station Norfolk — Boeing Vertol CH-46A Sea Knight —
39 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Waterside Promenade — The Bombardment of Norfolk, 1776 — Norfolk Heritage Cannonball Trail —
40 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Spartan Village — KV-30 — Booker T. Washington High School —
41 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia Zoo — The Bottle Tree —
42 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Harbor Park — Bruce Ernest Howard — (1943- ) — Tidewater Baseball Shrine —
43 ► Virginia, Norfolk — Bruce Henry — (1915-1985) —
44 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Talbot Park — Camp Talbot —
45 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Downtown — The Cannonball Trail —
46 ► Virginia, Norfolk, West Freemason — The Cannonball Trail —
47 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Naval Museums — The Cannonball Trail —
48 ► Virginia, Norfolk — Carr E. Smith — (1901-1989) — Tidewater Baseball Shrine —
49 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Downtown — The Cedar — City of Norfolk —
50 ► Virginia, Norfolk, City of Norfolk Cemeteries — Cedar Grove Cemetery —
51 ► Virginia, Norfolk — Charles K. (Chuck) Stobbs — (1929-2008) — Tidewater Baseball Shrine —
52 ► Virginia, Norfolk — Christy Mathewson — Tidewater Baseball Shrine — 2024 Inductee —
53 ► Virginia, Norfolk, East Ocean View — City Beach —
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54 ► Virginia, Norfolk — Clarence M. (Ace) Parker — (1912-2013) — Tidewater Baseball Shrine —
55 ► Virginia, Norfolk — Claude J. (Bubber) Staylor — (1912-1988) — Tidewater Baseball Shrine —
56 ► Virginia, Norfolk — Clint Hurdle — Tidewater Baseball Shrine — 2018 Inductee —
57 ► Virginia, Norfolk — Clyde “Ducky” Davis — Tidewater Baseball Shrine — 2025 Inductee —
58 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Harbor Park — Clyde Edward McCullough — (1917-1982) — Tidewater Baseball Shrine —
59 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Downtown — KV-8 — Col. Samuel Leroy Slover — (1873-1959) —
60 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Downtown — Commercial Place —
61 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Ballentine Place — Confederate Defense Line —
62 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Lamberts Point — "Connections" —
63 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Ghent — Craney Island —
64 ► Virginia, Norfolk — The Creation of Plum Point Park —
65 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Downtown — The Customhouse, 1859 —
66 ► Virginia, Norfolk — Daniel Hudson — Tidewater Baseball Shrine — 2025 Inductee —
67 ► Virginia, Norfolk — Daniel J. McClellan — Tidewater Baseball Shrine 2023 Inductee —
68 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Harbor Park — Dave Rosenfield —
69 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Harbor Park — Dave Rosenfield — (1931-2017) — Tidewater Baseball Shrine —
70 ► Virginia, Norfolk, West Freemason — David D. Barrow and George W. Bright — Norfolk Trail of Honor — 🎖️ —
71 ► Virginia, Norfolk — David Paul (Paul) Decker — (1898-1982) — Tidewater Baseball Shrine —
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72 ► Virginia, Norfolk — David Wright — Tidewater Baseball Shrine — 2019 Inductee —
73 ► Virginia, Norfolk — Davis A. (Dave) Robertson — (1889-1970) — Tidewater Baseball Shrine —
74 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Fort Norfolk — Development and Architecture of Fort Norfolk —
75 ► Virginia, Norfolk — Dorrel Norman (Whitey) Herzog — (1931-2024) — Tidewater Baseball Shrine — 1997 Inductee —
76 ► Virginia, Norfolk, West Freemason — Douglas MacArthur — General, U.S. Army — Norfolk Trail of Honor —
77 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Town Point Park — Downtown Waterfront Revitalization —
78 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Martin Luther King Jr Plaza — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. —
79 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Downtown — East Main Street —
80 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Harbor Park — Eddie R. (The Brat) Stanky — (1917-1999) — Tidewater Baseball Shrine —
81 ► Virginia, Norfolk — Edgar Garland Braxton — (1900-1966) — Tidewater Baseball Shrine —
82 ► Virginia, Norfolk — Edward Mayo Smith — (1915-1977) — Tidewater Baseball Shrine —
83 ► Virginia, Norfolk — Edwin Miley (Eddie) Sawyer — (1910-1997) — Tidewater Baseball Shrine —
84 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Waterside Promenade — Elizabeth River — The Cannonball Trail —
85 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Fort Norfolk — Elizabeth River Restoration —
86 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Olde Huntersville — KV-20 — Ella J. Baker — (1903-1896) —
87 ► Virginia, Norfolk, City of Norfolk Cemeteries — KV-26 — Elmwood Cemetery —
88 ► Virginia, Norfolk, City of Norfolk Cemeteries — Elmwood Cemetery —
89 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia Zoo — Endangered Species Success Story —
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90 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Downtown — Epworth United Methodist Church, 1894 —
91 ► Virginia, Norfolk — Eric G. Tipton (1915-2002) — Tidewater Baseball Shrine —
92 ► Virginia, Norfolk — Erwin C. (Bob) Porterfield — (1924-1980) — Tidewater Baseball Shrine —
93 ► Virginia, Norfolk — Eureka Lodge, Inc. of Norfolk — Norfolk Heritage Cannonball Trail —
94 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Martin Luther King Jr Plaza — KV-35 — Evelyn Thomas Butts — (1924-1993) —
95 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Fairmont Park — Father Ryan's Home — Reported permanently removed
96 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Waterside Promenade — Ferries to Portsmouth and Berkley —
97 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Downtown — First Baptist Church —
98 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Downtown — First Baptist Church, Bute Street — Cannonball Trail —
99 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Downtown — The First Battle of Ironclad Ships, 1862 — City of Norfolk —
100 ► Virginia, Norfolk, Barberton — First Cavalry Baptist Church —

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Nov. 11, 2026