view gallery SW2.6 km | Benn’s Church in Virginia Historical Markers Erected 1926 by Conservation & Development Commission. (Marker Number K-246.) posted by: turnersrugs location: Virginia date approved: 03/29/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery W2.6 km | St. Luke's Church in Virginia Historical Markers St. Luke's Church is one of the oldest churches in Virginia. posted by: VirginiaSeeker location: Virginia date approved: 03/05/2007 last visited: 01/01/2014 |
view gallery NE4.5 km | James River in Virginia Historical Markers Erected 1991 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number K 311.) posted by: turnersrugs location: Virginia date approved: 03/29/2013 last visited: 05/26/2015 |
view gallery NW4.5 km | Smithfield, VA Water Tower in Water Towers Smithfield Water Tower is one of several serving the town and local businesses. posted by: VirginiaSeeker location: Virginia date approved: 03/03/2007 last visited: 12/26/2013 |
view gallery N5.3 km | Warraskoyack Indians in Virginia Historical Markers The Warraskoyack Indians lived along the James and Pagan rivers. posted by: VirginiaSeeker location: Virginia date approved: 03/05/2007 last visited: 12/26/2013 |
view gallery NW6.3 km | Liquid Maze Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail - Smithfield, VA in Signs of History More than 100,000 rivers, streams, and creeks flow through the Chesapeake region. This massive web of waterways includes some 11,000 miles of shoreline---more than that of the entire U.S. West Coast. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 01/22/2020 last visited: 09/25/2021 |
view gallery NW6.9 km | Smithfield in Virginia Historical Markers Smithfield is famous for hams and peanuts. posted by: VirginiaSeeker location: Virginia date approved: 03/03/2007 last visited: 02/20/2023 |
view gallery NW6.9 km | Joseph W. Luter, III - Smithfield VA in Citizen Memorials Joseph W. Luter, III, CEO Smithfield Foods, donated Windsor Castle Park to the town of Smithfield on May 22, 2010. The park has walking trails,
kayak launch, dog park, fishing pier and pedestrian bridges. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 02/20/2023 last visited: 02/20/2023 |
view gallery NW6.9 km | Battle of Smithfield-The Town that Wouldn’t Surrender - Smithfield VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites This section of the Pagan River in front of you is where the Union gunboat, USS Smith-Briggs, was run aground and destroyed by local Confederate troops during the January 31-February 1, 1864, Battle of Smith?eld. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/23/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
view gallery NW6.9 km | Battle of Smithfield-The Town that Wouldn’t Surrender - Smithfield VA in U.S. Civil War Sites This section of the Pagan River in front of you is where the Union gunboat, USS Smith-Briggs, was run aground and destroyed by local Confederate troops during the January 31-February 1, 1864, Battle of Smith?eld. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/27/2023 last visited: 06/27/2023 |
view gallery NW6.9 km | Battle of Smithfield - Smithfield VA in Battlefields The troops marched inland, skirmished with local Confederates, then returned to Smith?eld, only to ?nd that the Smith-Briggs had not returned to retrieve them. The next day, February 1, 1864, the Confederates disputed the Union retreat. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/21/2020 last visited: 10/16/2021 |
view gallery NW7.4 km | Old Isle of Wight Courthouse in Virginia Historical Markers The Old Isle of Wight Courthouse was built in 1752 and is one of Virginia's few surviving court buildings. posted by: VirginiaSeeker location: Virginia date approved: 08/07/2006 last visited: 04/04/2016 |
view gallery NW7.6 km | H. Woodrow Crook in Unintentionally Funny Signs H. Woodrow Crook - Attorney at Law posted by: fatcat161 location: Virginia date approved: 05/02/2009 last visited: never |
view gallery NW7.6 km | Smithfield Va Sidewalks in Donated Engraved Bricks and Pavers The sidewalks on Main St in Smithfield Va are paved with bricks, many denoted/dedicated.
posted by: fatcat161 location: Virginia date approved: 04/27/2009 last visited: never |
view gallery NW7.6 km | Franklin Crater - Ben Franklin Statue in Extraterrestrial Locations A sit-by-me statue of Ben Franklin in downtown Smithfield, Va. posted by: fatcat161 location: Virginia date approved: 07/09/2009 last visited: 01/01/2014 |
view gallery NW7.6 km | Ben Franklin Statue/bench - Smithfield, Va in Benjamin Franklin A sit-by-me statue of Ben Franklin in downtown Smithfield, Va.
posted by: Big B Bob location: Virginia date approved: 11/07/2009 last visited: 01/01/2014 |
view gallery S9.7 km | Chuckatuck in Virginia Historical Markers Chuckatuck is a small village in the expansive city limits of Suffolk. posted by: VirginiaSeeker location: Virginia date approved: 03/03/2007 last visited: 04/02/2013 |
view gallery NW10 km | Residential Lion, Smithfield, VA in Lion Statues A simple lion in front of a residence in Smithfield, VA. posted by: Team Roberson location: Virginia date approved: 01/02/2006 last visited: 01/02/2008 |
view gallery S10 km | St. John's Church in Virginia Historical Markers Erected 1961 by Virginia State Library. (Marker Number KO 1.) posted by: turnersrugs location: Virginia date approved: 03/31/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery S10.8 km | Oakland Christian Church in Stained Glass Windows Beautiful stained glass windows in the Oakland Christian Church United Church of Christ in Suffolk, VA. posted by: fatcat161 location: Virginia date approved: 04/27/2009 last visited: 05/26/2013 |
view gallery S10.8 km | Nansemond Indian Villages in Virginia Historical Markers The principal villages of the Nansemond Indians stood just east of here on the Nansemond River posted by: VirginiaSeeker location: Virginia date approved: 03/03/2007 last visited: 05/26/2013 |
view gallery E11.7 km | Congress-Cumberland--Give Them a Broadside Boys, as She Goes - Newport News VA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites In this section of the James River directly in front of you lies the remains of the USS Cumberland. At this location and along the shore to your left were the Union batteries that protected Camp Butler. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/23/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
view gallery E11.7 km | Naval Battle Against the USS Congress and USS Cumberland - Newport News VA in Battlefields The Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack), appearing like a “floating barn belching smoke,” and armed with 10 guns, steamed toward Newport News Point, commanded by Flag Officer Franklin Buchanan, CSA. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/21/2020 last visited: 10/16/2021 |
view gallery E11.7 km | Newport News Point … Named in His Honor - Newport News VA in Signs of History In 1606, the Virginia Company of London received a charter from King James I to settle Virginia. The company selected Captain Christopher Newport to command the expedition. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/22/2020 last visited: 09/26/2021 |
view gallery E11.7 km | Congress – Cumberland - Give Them a Broadside Boys, as She Goes - Newport News VA in U.S. Civil War Sites In this section of the James River directly in front of you lies the remains of the USS Cumberland. At this location and along the shore to your left were the Union batteries that protected Camp Butler. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/27/2023 last visited: 06/27/2023 |
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