Monuments Interactive Map
Monuments
Welcome to the Monument Inventory produced by Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia. This interactive map allows you to explore more than 3,500 monuments across 43 counties and 14 independent cities that make up the Appalachian region of Virginia.
Embracing Monument Lab’s broad definition of a monument as “a statement of power and presence in public,” our Monument Inventory used publicly accessible websites to collect and categorize traditional and nontraditional monuments like statues, historical markers, interpretive signs, memorials, museums, murals, festivals, public art installations, and repurposed buildings. This study includes monuments that can be found online easily when applying the same internet-based search metrics to each county and city.
Monument Lab defines a monument as:
“a statement of power and presence in public.”
The entries are categorized based on monument type, demographic represented, and theme. This allows the public to better see what kinds of places, people, and ideas are represented on Appalachian Virginia’s cultural landscape.
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MAAV’s mission is to document, reinterpret, display, and amplify stories that are often overlooked or ignored. MAAV works to support monument projects by, for, and with people whose stories have been excluded.
What’s not included in our inventory?
Monuments are objects, events, and traditions that help us remember, understand our past, and confirm our beliefs. MAAV uses a broad definition of what a monument can be that includes festivals, performances, geological features, buildings, signs, and other objects or experiences that are important to your community’s identity.
Other questions or feedback about our Monuments Map? Email us at maav@vt.edu
