The Dictator
The Dictator is a cannon in Prince George, Virginia. The Dictator is situated nearby to the tourism office Petersburg National Battlefield Visitor Center, as well as near the village Fort Lee.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Josephs Cemetery and Army Sustainment University.
Saint Josephs Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Nickmorgan2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
People's Memorial Cemetery, formerly known as Providence Cemetery, is a historic African-American cemetery located at Petersburg, Virginia. The cemetery was deeded in three sections: the first tract in 1840, the second tract was added in 1865, and the final acres were deeded about 1880. Saint Josephs Cemetery is situated 2½ miles southwest of The Dictator.
Army Sustainment University
College building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Army Sustainment University is the United States Army's center of sustainment training for Department of Defense military and civilian personnel pursuing Professional Military Education and other associated training in military logistics and sustainment. Army Sustainment University is situated 1½ miles south of The Dictator.
Southpark Mall
Commercial area
Photo: Mike Kalasnik, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southpark Mall is a shopping mall serving the Tri-Cities, Virginia area, which itself is part of the much larger Richmond-Petersburg metropolitan area. Southpark Mall is situated 2 miles west of The Dictator.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Lee and Pocahontas Island.
Fort Lee
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fort Lee is a United States Army post in Prince George County, Virginia, and headquarters of the United States Army Combined Arms Support Command / Sustainment Center of Excellence, the U.S. Army Quartermaster School, the U.S. Army Ordnance School, the U.S. Army Transportation School, the Army Sustainment University, Defense Contract Management Agency, and the U.S. Defense Commissary Agency.
Pocahontas Island
Neighborhood
Photo: Taber Andrew Bain, CC BY 2.0.
Pocahontas Island is a peninsula in Petersburg, Virginia, once on the opposite side of the Appomattox River from Petersburg. Since 1915 a new channel for the river separated it from Chesterfield County and the former channel no longer separates it from the city. Pocahontas Island is situated 2½ miles west of The Dictator.
Petersburg
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Petersburg is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,458 with a majority black American population.
The Dictator
- Type: Cannon
- Category: historic site
- Location: Prince George, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.24679° or 37° 14′ 49″ northLongitude
-77.35677° or 77° 21′ 24″ westOpen location code
87946JWV+P7OpenStreetMap ID
node 11754091300OpenStreetMap feature
historic=cannon
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