17 Va. Admin. Code § 5-40-10
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Application" means an application for approval of a marker, in a form prescribed by the director and containing the basic information required by 17VAC5-40-40,
"Board" means the Virginia Board of Historic Resources.
"Contextualize" means the use of facts derived from sources that can be cited to explain the circumstances, influences, and conditions that existed at the time a war memorial or monument was erected and resulted in its erection.
"Department" means the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
"Director" means the Director of the Department.
"Locality's public property" means any property owned by a locality, excluding any publicly owned cemetery.
"Marker" means a marker, plaque, or signage of any kind that contextualizes or purports to contextualize a monument or memorial. A marker is not a monument or memorial.
"Monument" or "memorial" means any object erected on a locality's public property pursuant to § 15.2-1812 of the Code of Virginia, intended to commemorate the veterans of any war or conflict, or any engagement of such war or conflict, to include the following: Algonquin (1622), French and Indian (1754-1763), Revolutionary (1775-1783), War of 1812 (1812-1815), Mexican (1846-1848), Civil War (1861-1865), Spanish-American (1898), World War I (1917-1918), World War II (1941-1945), Korean (1950-1953), Vietnam (1965-1973), Operation Desert Shield-Desert Storm (1990-1991), Global War on Terrorism (2000-), Operation Enduring Freedom (2001-), and Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-). "Monument" or "memorial" includes both the object and the pedestal on which an object is placed. "Monument" or "memorial" does not include any monument or memorial located in a publicly owned cemetery.
17 Va. Admin. Code § 5-40-10
Statutory Authority: § 10.1-2204 of the Code of Virginia.