THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY A GRATEFUL COMMUNITY TO HONOR AND REMEMBER THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED FOUGHT AND SACRIFICED TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE IDEALS AND FREEDOM OF OUR GREAT NATION.

SEE ALSO-C-130 HERCULES MEMORIAL

SEE ALSO-C-130 HERCULES MEMORIAL PLAQUE

ACTIVATED 25 AUGUST 1917, REACTIVATED 25 MARCH 1942 REORGANIZED AND RE-DESIGNATED AN AIRBORNE DIVISION 15 AUGUST 1942. SEE ALSO-82ND INFANTRY DIVISION MEMORIAL NARRATIVE STONE

SEE ALSO-ALAMANCE COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL INSCRIPTION SEE ALSO-ALAMANCE COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL STONES A, B, C, & D

SEE ALSO-ALAMANCE COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL

SEE ALSO-ONSLOW COUNTY 9/11 MEMORIAL PLAQUE

SEE ALSO-ONSLOW COUNTY 9/11 MEMORIAL

THIS PARK IS DEDICATED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS WHO SERVED HONORABLY IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THIS GREAT NATION, AND ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO DIED IN THE EFFORT AND TO CHARLES GEORGE, THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE EASTERN BAND OF CHERO ...

IN 18 TRENCHES, JUST SOUTH OF THIS SPOT, REST THE BODIES OF 11,700 SOLDIERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, WHO PERISHED WHILE HELD BY THE CONFEDERATE MILITARY AUTHORITIES AS PRISONERS OF WAR IN A STOCKADE NEAR THIS PLACE-LORENZO DEMING WAS ONE OF THOSE SOLDIE ...

AT THE END OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR THE BRITISH FORCES CONTROLLED A COUPLE OF SOUTHERN COASTAL CITIES WHILE GENERAL GREENE CONTROLLED THE REST OF THE SOUTH.

THE TERM "IRON MIKE" IS UNIQUELY AMERICAN SLANG USED TO REFER TO MEN WHO ARE ESPECIALLY TOUGH, BRAVE AND INSPIRING.

THIS MEMORIAL WAS ESTABLISHED TO GIVE HONOR AND SPECIAL COMMENDATION TO ALL MEN AND WOMEN OF THE SALUDA AREA WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE SERVICE THEY GAVE IN PEACE AND WAR TO THEIR COUNTRY IS ETERNALLY APPRECIATED.

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR, WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM, GRENADA, LEBANON, PANAMA, PERSIAN GULF, IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.

IN MEMORIAM U.S.S. MAINE DESTROYED IN HAVANA HARBOR FEBRUARY 15, 1898 THIS TABLET CAST FROM METAL RECOVERED FROM THE U.S.S. MAINE.

THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY WHO VOLUNTEERED AND SERVED IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN, THE INSURRECTION IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THE CHINA RELIEF EXPEDITION 1898-1902. SEE ALSO-BUNCOMBE COUNTY SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR MEMORIA ...

SEE ALSO-PFC. RAYMOND "MIKE" CLAUSEN MEDAL OF HONOR WAR MEMORIAL FRONT

SEE ALSO-PFC. RAYMOND "MIKE" CLAUSEN MEDAL OF HONOR WAR MEMORIAL BACK

DEDICATED TO THE 216,000 NORTH CAROLINIANS WHO SERVED AND THE OVER 1,600 WHO WERE KILLED OR MISSING IN THE VIETNAM WAR

AFTER A FIGHT LASTING THREE HOURS UNION FORCES SUCCEEDED IN PUSHING THE CONFEDERATES BACK AND THEN DESTROYED THE BRIDGE BY FLAMES AND ARTILLERY FIRE.

SEE ALSO-SALISBURY PRISON UNKNOWN UNION SOLDIERS MEMORIAL PLAQUE

SEE ALSO-SALISBURY PRISON UNKNOWN UNION SOLDIERS MEMORIAL

TO COMMEMORATE THE PATRIOTIC DEVOTION, HEROISM, AND SELF-SACRIFICE OF THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS WHO DIED WHILE CONFINED AS PRISONERS OF WAR IN THE CONFEDERATE MILITARY PRISON AT SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA, DURING THE WAR OF T ...

MAINE'S TRIBUTE TO HER SOLDIERS WHO DIED WHILE PRISONERS OF WAR AT SALISBURY, N.C. "THEY FOUGHT FOR PEACE, FOR PEACE THEY FELL, THEY SLEEP IN PEACE, AND ALL IS WELL."