-
Things to Do
Enjoy things to do on water or land you won’t find anywhere else.
-
Doing Business
Discover all the benefits of locating your business Downtown, shop available office space and see all the other companies already here.
-
Living Here
Live right in the middle of everything - shopping, dining, entertainment, the arts, the river. Downtown offers a unique lifestyle, vibrant culture and a world of opportunities right out your front door.
-
Improving Downtown
Making Downtown a better place is an exciting and ongoing venture.
-
About DNC
The Downtown Norfolk Council serves as the leading advocate for Downtown Norfolk and ensures Downtown’s position as the thriving and essential cultural, commercial and residential hub of Hampton Roads.
Armed Forces Memorial
Category: Public Art
Address
View on Google Maps
Town Point Park
Norfolk, VA 23510
Details
The Armed Forces Memorial is a 160-foot monument with 20 bronze cast letters scattered across the base of a flagpole. The bronze pieces are actual letters written to loved ones by members of the Armed Forces who never returned from war. Erected in the summer of 1998, the memorial is dedicated to veterans of American conflicts from the Revolutionary to Persian Gulf War. It was designed by James Cutler and Maggie Smith.
Nearby Dining
- Todd Jurich's Bistro Kiosk150 West Main St (639 feet E)
- Pandaisia101 West Main St (722 feet E)
- Todd Jurich's Bistro150 West Main St (757 feet E)
- Humboldt Steel150 Boush Street (908 feet NE)
- Norfolk Tap Room101 Granby St (975 feet E)
Nearby Shopping
- The Banana Pier Gift Shop at NauticusOne Waterside Dr (465 feet NE)
- Prince Books109 East Main St (0.2 miles E)
- Pop Culture Gourmet Popcorn112 Granby Street (0.2 miles E)
- Selden Optometry209 Granby St (0.2 miles E)
- Selden Market208 E. Main Street (0.3 miles E)
Nearby Attractions
- The Homecoming (470 feet E)
- Sail Nauticus1 Waterside Dr (481 feet NE)
- Nauticus1 Waterside Dr (508 feet NE)
- Battleship Wisconsin1 Waterside Dr (536 feet NE)
- Hampton Roads Naval Museum1 Waterside Dr (560 feet E)
Nearby Parking Garages
- Town Point Garage110 West Main St (821 feet E)
- West Plume Street Garage135 West Plume St (980 feet NE)
- Waterside Garage50 Martin's Lane (0.2 miles E)
- Garage at The Main Hotel100 East Main St (0.2 miles E)
- Boush Street Garage112 W. City Hall Ave. (0.2 miles NE)