JOHNSTON COUNTY WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN

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IN HONOR OF ALL THOSE FROM JOHNSTON COUNTY WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE WORLD WAR. WHILE THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR I, THERE ARE THREE NAMES ETCHED ON THE FOUNTAIN. LIEUT. EDWIN SMITH SANDERS KILLED AT DREWRY'S BLUFF, VA MAY 16, 1864 WALTER R. MOORE KILLED AT FARMVILLE, VA APRIL 8, 1865 ENSIGN EDWIN SMITH POU KILLED AT THE ILLE TUDY, FRANCE OCTOBER 28, 1918

Location

Address: JOHNSTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE-EAST MARKET STREET AND SOUTH 2ND STREET
City: SMITHFIELD
Zip Code: 27577

Details

Memorial Type: War Memorial Drinking Fountains
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR AND WORLD WAR I
Year Dedicated: 1923
Photograph By: BERNARD FISHER
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