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Historical Markers and War Memorials in South 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 (274) Hampton Ind. City, VA (230) Isle of Wight County, VA (73) James City County, VA (259) Portsmouth Ind. City, VA (105) Suffolk Ind. City, VA (61) Surry County, VA (36) York County, VA (168)  NewportNews(274) Newport News (274)  Hampton(230) Hampton (230)  IsleofWightCounty(73) Isle of Wight County (73)  JamesCityCounty(259) James City County (259)  Portsmouth(105) Portsmouth (105)  Suffolk(61) Suffolk (61)  SurryCounty(36) Surry County (36)  YorkCounty(168) York County (168)
Newport News and Vicinity
      Newport News (274)  
ADJACENT TO NEWPORT NEWS
      Hampton (230)  
      Isle of Wight County (73)  
      James City County (259)  
      Portsmouth (105)  
      Suffolk (61)  
      Surry County (36)  
      York County (168)  
 
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1 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — 21 cm Mφrser — Virginia War Museum —
On Kawana Circle at Biggins Cirle, on the left when traveling south on Kawana Circle.
2 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — 40mm/56 Quad Mount Bofors Anti-Aircraft Gun — Virginia War Museum —
Near Kawana Circle at Kanawha Circle, on the left when traveling south.
3 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — A Behemoth in the Field
Near Warwick Boulevard (U.S. 60) at Hornet Circle.
4 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — A Great Confederate Naval Victory
On West Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
5 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — A Nameless Grave — By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Near West Avenue at 27th Street, on the left when traveling north.
6 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Annie Belle Daniels
On Chestnut Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
7 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Birth of Naval Aviation
Near 16th Street (Virginia Route 167), on the left when traveling west.
8 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Camp Alexander
On Hilton Boulevard at Jefferson Avenue, in the median on Hilton Boulevard.
9 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Camp Hill
On Warwick Boulevard (U.S. 60) at Huntington Avenue, in the median on Warwick Boulevard.
10 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Camp Stuart
On Roanoke Avenue at 16th Street, in the median on Roanoke Avenue.
11 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Collis Potter Huntington — as a young man
Near West Avenue at 27th Street, on the left when traveling north.
12 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Congress – Cumberland — Give Them a Broadside Boys, as She Goes — 1862 Peninsula Campaign —
Near West Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
13 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Consolidation
On Huntington Avenue (U.S. 60) at 64th Street, on the right when traveling south on Huntington Avenue.
14 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Copeland - Newsome Park
On Marshall Avenue.
15 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.
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16 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.
17 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Dorothy
Near Washington Avenue at 35th Street, on the left when traveling west.
18 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.
19 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Dorothy & Newport News Shipbuilding
Near Washington Avenue at 41st Street, on the right when traveling west.
20 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — W 70-a — Ella Fitzgerald — (1917-1996)
On 26th Street.
21 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.
22 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Ferguson Park
Near Biggins Circle, 0.1 miles west of Hornet Circle.
23 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.
24 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.
25 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.
26 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Gregory Cherry — 1955-2007
On 27th Street (Virginia Route 143).
27 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.
28 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.
29 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.
30 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.
31 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.
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32 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.
33 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.
34 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.
35 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Lake Biggins
Near Riverpark Road at Biggins Circle, on the left when traveling north.
36 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.
37 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.
38 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.
39 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Monitor – Merrimack Battle
On 16th Street (Virginia Route 167), on the left when traveling west.
40 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.
41 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — W-76 — Newport News
On 25th Street near Washington Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
42 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.
43 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Newport News Point — … Named in His Honor
Near West Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
44 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Newport News Victory Arch
On West Avenue at 25th Street on West Avenue.
45 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Newsome House
On Oak Avenue just east of 28th Street.
46 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.
47 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — W-172 — Pearl Bailey — (1918 - 1990)
On 29th Street at Chestnut Avenue on 29th Street.
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48 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.
49 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Pearl Mae Bailey — Singer - Actress - Scholar
On Wickham Avenue.
50 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — Phillis Wheatley — Slave Poet of Colonial America
On Orcutt Avenue.
51 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.
52 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.
53 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — SS United States
Near Washington Avenue at 35th Street, on the left when traveling west.
54 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.
55 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.
56 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — The Clark Oak
On Chestnut Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
57 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.
58 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.
59 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — The Victory Arch
On West Avenue at 25th Street, on the right when traveling east on West Avenue.
60 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.
61 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.
62 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.
63 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — USS Atlantic
Near Washington Avenue at 35th Street, on the left when traveling west.
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64 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — USS Newport News
Near Washington Avenue at 35th Street, on the left when traveling west.
65 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — USS Nimitz
Near Washington Avenue at 35th Street, on the left when traveling west.
66 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — USS Virginia
Near Washington Avenue at 35th Street, on the left when traveling west.
67 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.
68 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.
69 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.
70 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.
71 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.
72 Virginia, Newport News, South Newport News — West Avenue Library
On West Avenue at 30th Street, on the right when traveling east on West Avenue.
73 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.
 
 
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Apr. 29, 2024